Kerry Lester
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Success story: John Muir Literacy AcademyOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Town: Hoffman Estates Success story: After meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks two years in a row, John Muir was removed from Academic Early Warning...
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Math scores fall as focus shifts to reading skillsOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Year after year, Illinois high schools fall short of meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks on standardized tests. Usually, flat or declining reading scores ta...
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U-46, union reach deal on long-term substitute teachersOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A month after several long-term substitutes were told to pack up and go home without warning, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers union appear to have reach...
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Enrollment, old problems same for U-46Oct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Just 150 more kids are occupying desks in Elgin Area School District U-46 this fall, a new total of 41,453 students. The current year enrollment data, released for the ...
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Land in downtown Algonquin could be contaminatedOct 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Land in downtown Algonquin could be contaminated, officials say. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Department of Transportation officials have fo...
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Focus on football, not flu at St. Charles East SaturdayOct 24, 2009 11:00 pm - No hand sanitizer, no masks. Just scarves, mittens, and a lot of hot cocoa. St. Charles East High School football fans were focused on protecting themselves from the col...
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Streamwood gang forum's focus on communicationOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Jose Garcia hasn't seen gang violence first hand. But the Streamwood man knows it's there, of tagging on neighborhood property and of the recent shooting of a Streamwood...
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ECC, MCC top charts for enrollment increasesOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Newly released figures show student populations at Elgin Community College and McHenry County College are growing faster than a majority of community colleges around the...
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Landlord, tenant doing fine after kidney transplantOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The Sleepy Hollow landlord and the tenant receiving her kidney are both out of surgery and doing well, family members reported Thursday. Shira Love said Loyola Universit...
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Landlord comes through with fix for plumbing problem -- a new kidneyOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Some renters have trouble getting their landlords to do the most basic of repairs. James Love hasn't had that problem. In fact, the woman renting out her Sleepy Hollow h...