Madhu Krishnamurthy
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Fox River Grove schools budget for 2014 shows slight deficitSep 25, 2013 11:38 pm - Fox River Grove School District 3 this week approved an $8.6 million budget for expenditures for the 2013-14 academic year, which includes a slight deficit. The district...
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U-46 OKs budget balanced by dipping into reservesSep 24, 2013 4:30 am - The Elgin Area Unit District 46 school board voted 4-2 Monday night to spend roughly $527 million for the 2013-2014 academic year, dipping into reserves to balance the b...
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Here’s the scoop on poop convention in RosemontSep 19, 2013 2:28 pm - It’s not everyday a convention on poop comes to Rosemont. Here’s the scoop: the Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists, also known as aPaws, kicks off its ...
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Navy Yard shooting hit home for Maine West gradSep 17, 2013 11:00 am - In 29 years with the Navy, James Lofgren had never experienced the kind of fear he felt Monday when a gunman started firing in the Washington Navy Yard building where he...
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Washington Navy Yard shooter went through Great Lakes in 2007Sep 16, 2013 4:00 pm - The one identified suspect so far in the Washington Navy Yard mass shooting received his military training at Great Lakes Naval Station near North Chicago. Aaron Alexis,...
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U-46 proposed budget for 2014 draws criticismSep 16, 2013 11:25 am - Three years since a nearly $42 million deficit forced Elgin Area School District U-46 to cut programs, increase class sizes and layoff 399 employees — including 314 teac...
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State's attorney investigates Dist. 207's handling of ex-teacher's caseSep 16, 2013 5:30 am - The Cook County state's attorney's office is investigating whether Maine Township High School District 207 failed to properly notify the Illinois Department of Children ...
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Des Plaines approves switching fire dispatch servicesSep 13, 2013 10:18 am - Des Plaines will be switching its emergency dispatch services for the city’s fire department to the Regional Emergency Dispatch (RED) Center, a consortium providing disp...
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Teacher’s union president tours Des Plaines promoting Common CoreSep 11, 2013 2:46 pm - “There’s a lot of confusion about the Common Core standards,” said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the country’s largest teacher’s un...
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Driver's ed students have options after suburban school closesSep 10, 2013 5:15 am - A Crystal Lake-based driver's education school with nine branch offices in the Northwest suburbs has shuttered its doors, a spokesman for the Illinois Secretary of State...