Articles filed under Dundee Area Unit District 300
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For pregnant teen, homelessness adds to 'some really rough times'Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - She puts on a brave face, her arms calmly around her baby bump. But as Angelica Ortuno recounts the upheaval in her life recently, a tremor can be detected in the 17-yea...
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Schools always there as a source of stabilityJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Inger Balderas describes it as a nightmare. One that's been going on for far too long. The mother of five has spent the past month at the Elgin-based Community Crisis Ce...
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Area schools make sure homeless get an education, funded or notJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It could be 11 o'clock on a Friday night. A family dinner. Patty Briones always, always has her phone nearby. The homeless services secretary for Carpentersville-based C...
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State cuts will hit District 300 hardJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Once described by a parent as the jewel of Community Unit District 300, a school for at-risk preschoolers in the Carpentersville area may need a large infusion of cash t...
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Time for another tale from the fellowship of reformJul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Reform. It's a nice word, kind of rolls off the tongue. It makes an especially nice sound in a state accustomed to felonious politicos who rub elbows with Mafiosi and co...
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Dist. 300 special ed director steps down to take co-op jobJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Parents of special needs students in Community Unit District 300 are losing a friend and advocate. Laura Frankiewicz is resigning her post to become the regional directo...
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District 300 special education director resignsJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Parents of special-needs students in Community Unit District 300 are losing a friend and advocate. Laura Frankiewicz, who as director of pupil personnel services helped ...
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District 3 could be on shaky groundJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Officials in Fox River Grove Elementary District 3 are not wading into potentially treacherous waters. They're speeding into the waters at full throttle. I spoke to Dist...
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District 300 mulls full-day kindergartenJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When the bell rang for lunch at Hampshire Elementary School one day last fall, a first-grader headed for the door, thinking he was done for the day. Principal Jim Aalfs ...
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Dist. 300 may cut bus aidesJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Most Community Unit District 300 preschoolers would ride to school and back home without a bus aide next year under a plan presented to the school board Monday. Official...