Bob Smith
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District 33: Preparations in place for strike, settlementFeb 01, 2013 12:08 pm - There should be few surprises come Monday for parents of roughly 4,000 students in West Chicago Elementary District 33, officials say, whether teachers are back in the c...
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West Chicago teacher contract talks heading for weekend showdownFeb 01, 2013 7:26 am - West Chicago students and parents probably will have to wait until late Sunday to learn if their teachers will be in class Monday or walking a picket line. The West Chic...
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West Chicago teachers: Little choice but to strike MondayJan 30, 2013 7:00 am - Saying they've been left with little choice, teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 plan to go on strike Monday if a contract agreement isn't reached with the s...
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Strike threat growing in West Chicago District 33Jan 17, 2013 11:00 am - Pressure is mounting in West Chicago Elementary District 33 as both sides in tumultuous contract talks between the school board and teachers union are setting deadlines ...
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Dist. 33 teachers ‘angry, frustrated’ as contract showdown loomsJan 14, 2013 3:46 pm - A showdown is looming in the increasingly bitter contract talks between the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board and its teachers union. Union members will m...
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Oak Brook’s Butler District 53 names new superintendentJan 10, 2013 12:04 pm - A longtime North suburban school administrator, Heidi Wennstrom, has been named superintendent of Oak Brook’s Butler Elementary District 53. She will assume her new duti...
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Carol Stream photographer wins our monthly prizeJan 03, 2013 2:00 pm - It was, Angela Cichosz says, kind of like love at first sight. She was wandering around the Volo Mercantile Mall several months ago when she spotted it for the first tim...
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Armed robber hits Glen Ellyn hair salonJan 03, 2013 12:48 pm - A man armed with a handgun robbed a Glen Ellyn hair salon Thursday morning and escaped with a small amount of cash, police said. It was the second time in two days a hai...
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DuPage Children’s Museum’s Bubble Bash offering countdown to noonDec 23, 2012 4:31 am - If you’re a little kid, New Year’s Eve is about as much fun as that time you fell off your bike and wound up scraping your knee on the sidewalk. It’s the one holiday tha...
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Tuba Christmas concert booms in the season in NapervilleDec 06, 2012 5:00 am - Ah, the gentle sounds of Christmas in Naperville. Bells pealing softly in the distance through a veil of falling snow. Rosy-cheeked carolers gathering outside your fro...