Jameel Naqvi
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Hampshire to join Fox Valley ConferenceNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Hampshire High School essentially had this to say to the Big Northern Conference this week: "It's not you, it's me." The Community Unit District 300 school board voted u...
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Maplewood school closure gains support from committeeNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - When the Cary Elementary District 26 administration recommended closing Maplewood Elementary School at a finance committee meeting last month, the committee told the adm...
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Medic hurt in Fort Hood attack has local connectionsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - An Army medic from DeKalb was among the dozens of people wounded in Thursday's attack on the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas. Army Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Valdivia, 36, wa...
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Making sense of school report cardsNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - For someone with obsessive tendencies, looking at the annual school report card data can be frightening, certainly more frightening than my Halloween costume - Ed Norton...
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District 158 looks to maintain high reading scoresNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - For school districts, life near the top can be tough. Making progress when students are already performing at a high level can be more difficult than bringing underperfo...
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Cary District 26 mulls over another tax hike requestNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Officials in Cary Elementary District 26 may ask voters for help in erasing a deficit - less than a year after voters soundly rejected a proposed tax hike. The District ...
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Gilberts to hire Rolling Meadows police chiefOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Barely a month after announcing his retirement, Rolling Meadows Police Chief Steven Williams says he has accepted a new job. Williams, who formally steps down in Rolling...
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Halloween Party thrills West Dundee familiesOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a sign of a successful party when your guests linger after they're supposed to leave. By that criterion, West Dundee's Halloween Party in Grafelman Park Saturday wa...
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Conference change helps Hampshire off the field, tooOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - If you haven't heard yet, Hampshire High School is thinking about leaving the Big Northern Conference to join its Community Unit District 300 peers in the Fox Valley Con...
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Achievement gap shrinks - but schools still failOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - More disadvantaged students met state standards this year, but rigid No Child Left Behind rules meant that many schools that improved test scores still received a failin...