Kerry Lester
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Bartlett High student diagnosed with meningitisJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - A Bartlett High School student who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis is still hospitalized. "We learned that a female student was admitted to the hospital last Fri...
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Black History Club shares food, dreams at LarkinJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Around the time the teacher stabbing occurred at Elgin High School last week, I was at Larkin's annual Black History Club lunch. The club's 50 students had each brought ...
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Metal detectors the answer in U-46?Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin High School senior Zoe Marszalek knows her school uses hand-held metal detectors to find weapons, even cell phones, on students. Still, in four years, Marszalek ha...
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Elgin High student now accused of attempted murder in teacher attackJan 22, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin High School student accused of stabbing a teacher was charged with attempted first-degree murder Tuesday in Cook County Juvenile Court. The 16-year-old also fa...
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Elgin High School teacher lost vision in knife attackJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin High School teacher stabbed by a student lost vision in one of her eyes as a result of the attack, district officials said Monday. Carolyn Gilbert, 50, of Bloo...
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U-46 replaces information services directorJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46's new information services director hopes to help his department turn over a new leaf. "Basically, I'm coming in and trying to start fres...
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Teacher reminisces on humble start to bilingual education in U-46Jan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - [u46bilingual_2nefox40th] courtesy of Jaime Garcia With more than 20 percent of students described as "limited-English-proficient," a strong English-language learners pr...
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Generosity helps woman out of Catch-22Jan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Sherry May has found a way out of her Catch-22, thanks to an outpouring of suburban generosity. May, an Elgin resident who runs not-for-profit Go With Books, recently so...
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Iraq soldier welcomed back home with hugs, cheersJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Sirens wailed in Lake in the Hills Friday not as a warning but to welcome a hero home. The Lake in the Hills Police Department, Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Departme...
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Teacher stabbed at Elgin HighJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - An Elgin High School teacher was stabbed by a 16-year-old student Friday in a classroom, officials said. Carolyn Gilbert, 50, was stabbed multiple times in the upper bod...