Kerry Lester
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Gifford Street receives a grant for 9 SmartboardsSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Gifford Street High School students won't be banging erasers out in the parking lot anymore. The Elgin Area School District U-46 alternative school recently purchased ni...
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Kane officials keeping a wary eyeSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Assessment teams toured Kane County Sunday monitoring roadways and homes throughout the Fox Valley as steady rain and flooding continued for a second straight day in the...
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Des Plaines readies for the worstSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Steady rain and flooding continued for a second straight day in the suburbs, threatening thousands of local homes and businesses. Des Plaines, hit the hardest by the sto...
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Six different drugs in Elgin's water? Officials not worriedSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin was recently found to have six drugs in its drinking water. But city water system officials aren't exactly on edge. "I'm not trying to play it down and say it's no...
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Parents, commenters have their say on threat of strikeSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Friday's pickup at Chesak and Martin Elementary schools in Lake in the Hills seemed like any other. The school's parking lot was packed with parents and in idling cars, ...
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Study: Teachers morale is lowSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent study claims teachers are being left behind by federal education law. In a recent series of studies entitled "Strong States, Weak Schools: The Dilemmas of Centr...
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Plenty of junk dredged up in Fox River cleanupSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - If old shopping carts were valuable, the Elgin Fire Department dive team would have hit the jackpot Thursday. "We've found a ton," said Lt. Mike Oine of carts settled a...
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More banks backing out of loans for community college studentsSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Citing uncertain financial times, an increasing number of national banks are curtailing their lending relationships with community colleges, all the while continuing to ...
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Colleges tell state, we need money!Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban community colleges are speaking out about what they see as a critical state of funding for their institutions. Officials from the College of DuPage, College of ...
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WWII project founder to kick of Latino Heritage Month at ECCSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez believes that serving one's country extends beyond war. Instead, she said, a tour of duty may spark a lifetime commitment to patriotism and social...