Articles filed under Dundee Area Unit District 300
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Jacobs makes big gains in mathOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - There's no secret formula to explain the success juniors at Jacobs High School in Algonquin achieved in a statewide mathematics assessment. The high school jumped 9.3 p...
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22 years is enough for Sears dealOct 26, 2011 5:00 am - I live in Carpentersville and am employed by District 300. I am not in favor of extending the Sears economic development agreement. I have no quarrel with Sears. I am, h...
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Dist. 300’s battle for its lifeOct 26, 2011 5:00 am - I am proud to teach the children of District 300. Their families value the partnership we try so hard to establish between parent, student and teacher. These families gi...
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Calm deliberation can bring a solution on SearsOct 26, 2011 5:00 am - The mantra that should be coming out of Springfield this week and next related to a proposal for tax breaks for Sears Holdings Corp. is a simple one: Cooler heads. It s...
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Hoffman Estates confident in Sears fight despite D300's Springfield visitOct 25, 2011 11:00 pm - Last May, Hoffman Estates officials, fearful that Sears Holding Co. would be lured to another state, launched a high-profile campaign to extend the property tax breaks a...
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Hoffman Estates has it all wrongOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - On Oct, 10, at the meeting of the Village of Hoffman Estates, Deputy Mayor Gary Pilafas dismissed the concerns of District 300 residents over the Sears EDA by saying, “I...
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No more corporate sweetheart dealsOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - More than 20 years after receiving some $247 million in state and local tax incentives to stay in Illinois and develop a new business campus in Hoffman Estates, Sears wa...
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Suit: Dist. 300, bus company negligent in school bus attackOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - The mother of a special needs student at Dundee Middle School is suing Community Unit District 300 and its busing company, saying both were negligent in allowing a stude...
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Sears doing nothing wrongOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - For the past several weeks, I have read a few letters from people associated with District 300 schools agonizing over the potential move out of Illinois that Sears is co...
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Dist. 300 teacher brings world into the classroomOct 20, 2011 1:00 am - Ask a typical seventh-grader about Islam, personal finances, or 9/11 and you'll most likely be met with a blank stare and a long “um.” But one teacher in Community Unit ...