Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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Elgin science teacher uses nature to engage studentsAug 12, 2014 11:01 am - Growing up in a small community in Northern Michigan, Deb Perryman always wanted to teach in a school with a lot of diversity. "That was one of the things that first dre...
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U-46 board seeking interim to replace TorresAug 12, 2014 5:30 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials have been mum about plans to replace outgoing Superintendent José Torres. The school board met behind closed doors Monday night...
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Elgin teachers to vote on new contract FridayAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - The Elgin Teachers Association representative assembly said it has approved a tentative agreement on a new three-year teachers contract. The current three-year contract...
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U-46 teachers urge district to reconsider breakfast programAug 11, 2014 5:30 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers are trying to revive a special program that fed students a free breakfast in their classrooms. The district in June discontinue...
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U-46 launches campaign to improve attendanceAug 11, 2014 1:01 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has launched a campaign to improve student attendance rates. Student attendance for the 2013-14 school year was at 94.3 percent. On aver...
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ECC to give backpacks full of help to needy students SaturdayAug 07, 2014 5:30 am - Elgin Community College and its partners will give away thousands of backpacks filled with school supplies and food to students in need Saturday during the college's fif...
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Parent volunteers needed for U-46 leadership eventsAug 06, 2014 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 is looking for qualified parent volunteers to join the 2013-14 African-American Parent Leadership Institute or the Hispanic Parent Leader...
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U-46's Torres excited about IMSA's visionAug 05, 2014 5:00 am - Torres explains why he's leaving the state's second-largest school district
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U-46's Torres headed to Illinois Math and Science AcademyAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - José Torres is stepping down as superintendent of Elgin Area School District U-46 to become the president of Aurora-based Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Torre...
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10 big things from Torres' tenureAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - In Jose Torres' six-year tenure, he started new programs, supported minority student initiatives and helped settle a divisive lawsuit that started before he arrived in E...