Kerry Lester
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U-46 chief reflects on decisions, looks to futureFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres has spent his first seven months making a host of aggressive decisions, including the recent housecleaning of ...
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U-46 gets into specifics on cutbacksFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres late Friday outlined a bleak fiscal picture for the state's second largest school district, calling for $17 mi...
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Sleepy Hollow teacher gets Valentine's serenadeFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - For Valentine's Day, David Beagley set his wife, Janice, up with another man. Four of them, in fact. For the couple, it's nothing new. Every year, Beagley, of Crystal La...
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What happens during a lockdown in U-46?Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Two incidents last year placed Elgin Area School District U-46 campuses on lockdown - an April firecracker prank at South Elgin High and the Elgin High teacher stabbing ...
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Elgin High School students clean up their own backyardFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Today, Elgin High School teacher Deb Perryman's environmental science students are working with ecologists from Tallgrass Restoration group to beautify the school's natu...
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Lincoln Elementary to celebrate own history along with Abe'sFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Lincoln Elementary School students share a special tie with Honest Abe, even though most of them have only lived to see the country's two most recent presidents in offic...
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Streamwood High principal to leave for Evanston assistant jobFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Come July, Principal Oscar Hawthorne will leave Streamwood High School for the North Shore. Hawthorne officially was named Monday as the replacement for Marilyn Madden a...
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Insider Todd Stirn chosen as superintent in District 301Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Central Community Unit District 301 has selected an insider as its next superintendent. The school board Monday night appointed Todd Stirn, currently the district's assi...
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Elgin Community College turns 60Feb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College may seem, to some, a permanent fixture in the Fox Valley. It wasn't always that way. This month, ECC kicks off its 60th anniversary celebration. ...
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U-46 offers math helpFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Algebra was an uphill battle for me in high school. Frustration over a word problem actually led to a hole being kicked in my parents' upstairs hallway, a costly mistake...