Kerry Lester
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Judson challenge course builds confidenceAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Confidence and team building are two skills Judson University aims to instill in those who step foot on campus. A new team challenge course provides a novel - and endorp...
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Rainbow PUSH tours U-46 schoolsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Local members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition spent much of Monday eyeing socioeconomic disparities between Elgin Area School District U-46 schools. Traveling by school bu...
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Local districts balk at Canadian National purchaseAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials from two local school districts plan to speak out this week against the proposed purchase of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co. by Canadian National. Barrin...
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Elgin school kicks off year college styleAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Living the college lifestyle at Abbott Middle School in Elgin will be encouraged today - just hold the beer. To promote the school's participation in No Excuses Univers...
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U-46 asks court to reverse class-action statusAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Friday asked a federal court of appeals to reverse the class-action ruling in the racial bias lawsuit pending against it. Officials said...
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U-46 pulls dual-language teacher aidesAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Money talks. I'm pointing out this oft-repeated phrase in light of Monday's school board meeting, where more than 80 Channing Elementary School students and their parent...
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Elgin man gets 35 years for molesting three girlsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - An Elgin man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday for molesting three young girls in Elgin and Carpentersville. Salvador Vargas Jr., 56, of the 0-99 block of Devo...
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Dist. 301 sees enrollment up despite housing marketAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 3,300 students went back to the books Monday at Central Unit District 301. The district, which had seen an average of 13-percent annual enrollment growth betwe...
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U-46, other districts struggle to serve changing populationAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal Judge Robert W. Gettleman's decision last week to grant class-action status to the Elgin Area School District U-46 racial bias lawsuit indicates that a new langu...
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U-46 foes say there's a common thread at work: District is too bigAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been more than three years since Bartlett residents voted overwhelming in favor of disconnecting from Elgin Area School District U-46. And more than three years sin...