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Aurora school damaged by fire Sunday
Jul 30, 2019 10:43 PM - A classroom at Gates Elementary School in Aurora was badly damaged by a Sunday-morning fire. -
Get tickets for Downtown Taste featuring 10 Aurora restaurants July 30
Jul 24, 2019 8:08 PM - Once again the Aurora Downtown group and the Exchange Club of Aurora are teaming up for an evening of tasty bites to benefit local high school students on Tuesday, July 30. -
Insurers want out of defending Aurora, Dundee school districts in sex abuse lawsuits
Jul 11, 2019 6:10 PM - Insurance carriers for two Kane County school districts facing lawsuits involving teachers who were arrested and charged with sexually abusing students have each filed court petitions asking to be removed from the obligation to insure and pay any potential damages. -
Dist. 131 bilingual teacher charged with abusing two 8-year-old students
Jun 5, 2019 2:34 PM - A first-grade bilingual teacher at East Aurora School District 131 has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing two of his 8-year-old students. -
Aurora Dist. 131 sued for mistreatment, injuries to student with autismJun 4, 2019 5:50 PM - The mother of a 16-year-old boy with severe autism has sued East Aurora School District 131, arguing he was physically and emotionally injured in March 2019 after school officials placed him in isolation because of aggressive behavior. The suit argues the district violated the state's administrative code by placing him in a regular classroom where he could injure himself and also having another student in the same room.
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Half of East Aurora High students stay home on day of threat
May 10, 2019 3:46 PM - Many students stayed away from East Aurora High School Friday, the day mentioned in a threat posted on a restroom wall. -
More police to be at East Aurora High School after threatsMay 9, 2019 8:16 PM - East Aurora High School will have an increased police presence particularly on Friday and for the remainder of the school year as a result of written threats on a boys bathroom wall, officials said Thursday.
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Ex-East Aurora teacher questions accusers' motives, immigration statuses
May 8, 2019 8:06 PM - A former East Aurora District 131 substitute school teacher accused of sexually assaulting and abusing two students in 2014, 2016 and 2017 wants a judge to order his accusers and their guardians to turn over documents relating to their immigration statuses. Attorneys for Juan Avendano, 63, argue that immigrants living in the country illegally and who are victims of sex crimes can be granted special visas to stay in the United States, and that may be motive for them to fabricate the charges. -
District 301 English teacher named Kane Educator of the Year
May 7, 2019 12:40 PM - Teachers have tremendous power to shape the lives of students in their charge. Yet, with great power comes great responsibility, says Tina Scruggs, an English language arts teacher at Central Unit District 301's Prairie Knolls Middle School in Elgin who was named the 2019 Kane County Educator of the Year. -
East Aurora Dist. 131 teacher punished for social media postApr 30, 2019 7:42 PM - A teacher in East Aurora School District 131 was placed on leave on Tuesday for complaining about fifth-graders in a vulgar way in a social media post.
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