Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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Faustian comedy comes to life at Elgin High SchoolFeb 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Dreaming of spring and baseball? Head to Elgin High School this weekend, when the musical comedy "Damn Yankees" hits the stage at the Chester C. Alexander Auditorium. Ba...
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South Elgin High School presents 'Man of La Mancha'Feb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - With all the determination and enthusiasm of Don Quixote himself, the cast of South Elgin High School's production of "Man of La Mancha" has come together to put on thei...
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Schools fear budget cuts will hamper improvementFeb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - With fewer suburban schools meeting rising benchmarks on standardized tests, fewer schools, in turn, are netting academic improvement awards. The State Board of Educatio...
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Neighbors in the NewsFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - • The District 62 Board of Education named Elgin resident Colleen White principal of Cumberland Elementary School, in Des Plaines. White, who has led Washington Elementa...
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U-46 details cuts: Early childhood center, teacher layoffs on listFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - More than $31 million in budget cuts for Elgin Area School District U-46 were announced Monday, with more to be hashed out in the coming weeks. Closing an early childhoo...
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U-46, teachers union move up contract negotiationsFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - With an eye on looming budget cuts, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its 2,500-member teachers union has announced it will begin contract negotiations several weeks e...
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Time to reconsider school mandatesFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - A recent outcry from educators has made "mandates" almost a dirty word. The truth is, some of the state and federal school requirements are worthwhile, and some are obtu...
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Public welcome at U-46 board meetingFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Here is what's in the news for the week of Monday to Friday, Feb. 22-26, at Elgin Area Unit District 46 schools. For details, visit u-46.org. Seniors 62 and older living...
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Local schools contending with state's new unfunded mandatesFeb 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Suburban school districts are on a seesaw they can't control. In recent weeks, they've been forced to adopt more than a dozen brand-new unfunded state education mandates...
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The rise and fall of a country schoolFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - "The purpose of this book was to organize, collect, and document all of the available information about the school and the immediate area for future reference," says his...