Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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School pay raises trigger Illinois penaltiesApr 15, 2013 5:15 am - SPRINGFIELD — Seven years after Illinois lawmakers passed a law intended to curtail big pension-boosting pay hikes for retiring educators, some local school districts st...
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BlueStars defeat all those things wrong with youth sportsApr 11, 2013 5:30 am - This time of year, young kids, teens and their parents often get beaten down by the pressure-packed, occasionally cruel world of organized spring sports. Even those youn...
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U-46 board newcomers will challenge spending, communicationApr 10, 2013 5:33 pm - Bartlett Trustee Frank Napolitano decided against running for re-election to the post he accepted in 2009 in favor of a bid for the Elgin Area School District U-46 schoo...
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Editorial: Putting the focus on play in kindergartenApr 10, 2013 10:30 am - You’ve probably seen it on TV or in movies: the New York stereotype that has parents competing at any cost to get their 5-year-olds into the most prestigious kindergarte...
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House moves plan to block online charter schoolsApr 10, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House has started moving to put a three-year moratorium on Internet charter schools just days after a handful of suburban districts rejected t...
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Smith, Noland, Napolitano take U-46 seatsApr 09, 2013 5:40 pm - Incumbent board President Donna Smith is the highest vote-getter for the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board, according to unofficial results with 99 percent of...
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Larkin’s ‘Hairspray’ highlights message of toleranceApr 09, 2013 12:15 pm - Larkin’s musical ‘Hairspray’ explores issues of tolerance
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Jersey Mike’s opens in South ElginApr 08, 2013 1:14 pm - A friendly rivalry between St. Charles North and South Elgin High Schools helped welcome a new Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop to South Elgin this month. The business opened...
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Districts U-46, 300 deny virtual charter school proposalApr 08, 2013 12:00 pm - The school boards in Elgin Area School District U-46 and Community Unit District 300 unanimously denied a charter proposal during their meetings Monday night that would ...
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Local districts voting next week on online charter schoolsApr 06, 2013 8:00 am - West suburban school districts got answers Friday to the hundreds of questions they have about the proposed Illinois Virtual Charter School@Fox River Valley. The school'...