Elgin Area School District U-46 has told Carol Stream officials that it’s no longer going to reimburse the village for the cost of two crossing guards near an elementary school. But the village can’t afford the cost either, officials said. That mean...

Most teachers in Benjamin Elementary District 25 will get 3 percent step increases next year - but no increase in base pay - under a new three-year contract. Teachers at the top of the pay scale who do not qualify for a step adjustment will get 2 pe...

McHenry County A pair of high-ranking McHenry County Board members from the same district, including Chairman Ken Koehler, will face stiff challenges from three fellow Republicans next year, while two former board leaders hope voters return them to ...

DuPage County's fourth district looks to be the primary hot spot come Feb. 2, 2010. Races for both Republicans and - for the first time in recent memory - Democrats in that district will feature primary battles for the two-year term on the county an...

The overcast sky pushed Benjamin Middle School's Solar Celebration inside Tuesday, but it didn't darken officials' enthusiasm about a recently installed solar panel aimed at educating students on alternative energy sources. "We are trying to have st...

After a year of coming up dry at the negotiating table, Carol Stream and Wayne Township have inked a deal that will allow Benjamin Middle School and neighboring homeowners to get Lake Michigan water. The intergovernmental agreement, which Carol Stre...

For three years, Julie Panicali's oldest daughter had to bring bottled water while attending Benjamin Middle School. It was inconvenient, but she preferred it to drinking the "awful" tasting well water at the school in an unincorporated area near We...

SPRINGFIELD - The apparent demise of a more than decade-old political provision thrown into an education funding law could cost nearly a dozen suburban school districts millions in state aid. In 1997, as part of a sweeping funding plan pushed by the...

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