Kerry Lester
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U-46 preparing counter-offer in bias suitSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 is preparing a settlement counter-offer in the racial bias lawsuit against it, attorneys revealed at a Wednesday hearing before a federal...
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U-46 approves budget; daily operations up 7 percentSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - With soaring fuel costs and new programs in mind, Elgin Area School District U-46 board members approved a $446 million budget Monday, a $25 million increase from last y...
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Burlington Coat Factory coming to ElginSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin once was considered a hub for suburban shopping. But then regional malls started opening up, and Elgin's downtown pedestrian shopping experience disappeared. The l...
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U-46 sees drop in reading scoresSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - A preliminary look at Elgin Area School District U-46 standardized test scores showed a roller coaster of ups and downs, officials said Monday. While the percentage of e...
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Parents find it harder going privateSep 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Sue and Ralph Iden have sent their 12-year-old son, Jeremy, to Elgin's Einstein Academy for three years. Jeremy is a gifted student, and public schools in McHenry, where...
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Family, friends mourn fallen Carol Stream soldierSep 19, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 75 friends, family members and brothers in arms gathered at Bartlett High School's flagpole Friday to salute a fallen hero. Leonard J. "Lenny" Gulczynski, a 19...
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Carol Stream soldier killed in IraqSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Serving one's country was a proud tradition in Leonard J. "Lenny" Gulczynski's family. "He carried on the tradition from my father and myself," said his father, Michael...
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Students at DaVinci use new interactive 'Alice' softwareSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm not much of a crier. Still, I got a little teary this summer watching Diane Sawyer's coverage of Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch's final days. The Pittsburgh...
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Appellate court won't consider reversing class-action ruling in U-46 bias caseSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The racial bias lawsuit pending against Elgin Area School District U-46 will remain a class-action case, a federal court of appeals ruled Wednesday. The one-sentence ord...
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Judge urges sides to consider mediator in U-46 lawsuitSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Both federal judges overseeing the Elgin Area School District U-46 racial bias suit have urged settlement talks this month, chastising lawyers involved for the time and ...