Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 School Board
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Constable: Palatine grads turned smelly gym bags and a class project into a business
Sep 23, 2021 6:26 AM - A class project when they were seniors at Palatine High School has turned into a business for entrepeneurs Anthony Tamras and Drake Roberts. And it was inspired by the gym funk from their football and lacrosse days.
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Latest TikTok challenge causes headaches for schools
Sep 23, 2021 6:24 AM - A viral social media challenge that has spurred a string of vandalisms by students is causing headaches for some suburban school leaders. -
'She was extraordinary': Palatine High student lauded for helping peer who had a seizure in pool
Sep 17, 2021 7:46 PM - A Palatine High School junior is being lauded for helping a fellow student who had a seizure while swimming. -
Conservation projects earn Fremd senior rarest of Boy Scout awards
Sep 9, 2021 8:16 AM - Fremd High School senior Sai Venkatakrishnan not only recently became an Eagle Scout, he also received the rarest Boy Scouts of America award for completing four conservation projects that occupied the last three years of his life. -
They don't remember 9/11, but suburban teachers say students are intensely interested in it
Sep 8, 2021 10:12 AM - At the start of the school year, Fremd High School teacher LoriAnne Frieri often asks her social studies students which historical event they are most interested in studying. The response is almost always the same: the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -
Why some suburban school districts have a bus driver shortage and how they're adjusting
Sep 2, 2021 6:15 AM - Suburban school districts are being hit by a nationwide shortage of school bus drivers, exacerbated by an unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic that has created a scarcity of workers in many areas of the economy. Here's what's being done about it. -
Palatine mom decries delay in remote tutoring for quarantined District 211 students
Aug 20, 2021 5:41 PM - A Palatine woman whose son and daughter at Fremd High School just tested positive for COVID-19 is upset that the remote learning that saw all students in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 through many months of instruction last year is no longer available to her quarantined children. -
District 211 spent less money last year because of hybrid, remote learning
Aug 19, 2021 11:38 PM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members late Thursday were reviewing a proposed $274 million budget for the coming school year, which is 5.5% higher than last year's actual spending due in part to savings that occurred then because of hybrid and remote learning. -
In-person learning returns to District 211 on 1st day of classes
Aug 12, 2021 4:54 PM - As the 2021-2022 school year dawned across Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Thursday morning, the drum line and cheerleading squad of William Fremd High School in Palatine welcomed their classmates back as they paraded through the front door. -
Back to school, not totally back to normal: Here's how it'll work in some suburban districts
Aug 10, 2021 11:01 PM - Suburban students heading back to school this week for the first day of classes will see some semblance of normalcy restored. The biggest change is the resumption of fully in-person classes for all students, except those seeking medical exemptions for continuing with remote learning. But some pandemic remnants persist. -
Dist. 211 superintendent hails return of in-person learning as her second year begins
Aug 8, 2021 10:35 PM - Lisa Small starts her second school year as superintendent of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 this week, but in several ways it might feel more like a first. -
Schaumburg High School marching band parades through neighborhood
Aug 6, 2021 6:19 PM - Members of Schaumburg High School's marching band paraded through the school's neighborhood in their section colors Friday afternoon as part of their summer band camp. -
Palatine High marching band resumes back-to-school tradition
Aug 5, 2021 6:49 PM - After a year's hiatus due to COVID-19, the Palatine High School marching band Thursday resumed its long-standing back-to-school tradition of parading through the neighborhood around the school on the last day of its summer band camp. -
Mask-optional schools in suburbs reverse course, say they'll obey governor's mandate
Aug 6, 2021 6:48 AM - Suburban school districts that had made face coverings optional for their students and employees backtracked Wednesday, saying they won't defy Gov. J.B. Pritzker's statewide mask mandate. -
'Are they the moral police?': Fired Palatine teacher alleges District 211 violated First Amendment rights
Jul 21, 2021 10:50 PM - The attorney for a Palatine High School social studies teacher fired last year over controversial social media posts said a federal lawsuit filed against the district last week goes to the heart of the First Amendment. -
As state says unvaccinated kids should wear masks, here's what suburban schools are doing so far
Jul 21, 2021 1:24 PM - School districts across the region are diverging on whether to require students to wear masks when they return to classes next month as parents pressure educators from both sides of the issue. -
Judicial Watch sues Dist. 211 on behalf of Palatine High teacher fired over Facebook post
Jul 21, 2021 9:59 AM - The conservative educational foundation Judicial Watch filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Palatine High School social studies teacher who was fired last year after posting controversial opinions on her personal Facebook page. -
Parents share anger, support for mask guidance in District 211
Jul 16, 2021 7:20 PM - District 211 parents and residents offered plenty of opinions on the mask guidance shared at Thursday night's board meeting. -
District 211 recommends rather than requires masks for unvaccinated students
Jul 15, 2021 11:49 PM - The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board decided to recommend -- but not require -- that unvaccinated students wear face masks when classes resume next month. -
Illinois guidance changes to allow vaccinated students not to mask in school
Jul 11, 2021 8:53 AM - Illinois public health officials say they will follow federal guidelines put forth Friday that allow vaccinated students to forego face masks in school this fall, but some suburban schools wonder how they'd apply standards that also call for unvaccinated students to wear masks. -
District 211 adopts plan to improve educational equity
Jun 20, 2021 10:23 PM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has adopted a new educational equity plan that's expected to be implemented over the next three to five years, but without any presumption of achieving perfection within that time. -
District 211 Superintendent Lisa Small to retire in 2025
Jun 21, 2021 9:52 AM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Lisa Small's retirement has been approved for June 2025, implying a future one-year extension to her current contract that wasn't immediately acted upon this week. -
Neighbors in the news: Hoffman Estates High names new head basketball coach
Jun 2, 2021 11:44 AM - Peter McBride was recently named head boys basketball coach at Hoffman Estates High School.
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'Voice' of District 211 for 26 years retiring
Jun 2, 2021 1:26 PM - Six superintendents have guided Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 since 1995, but the "voice" of the district has remained the same - Community Relations Director Tom Petersen, who is retiring Tuesday. -
How George Floyd's death has changed the suburbs
May 25, 2021 2:02 PM - One year to the day since the murder of George Floyd, how have race relations and the treatment of people of color improved in the suburbs? That question evokes a variety of emotions and reactions depending on who is asked, their background and experiences, and how their lives have been affected by the global racial reckoning in the aftermath of Floyd's death.
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