Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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Fox Valley briefsSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - NIU gets broadband grant: Northern Illinois University announced Tuesday it has been awarded the largest grant in its history, a $68.5 million grant to fund the d...
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U-46 looks to boost AP enrollment, diversitySep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - "Rigor" is one of the hottest buzzwords in education today. By expanding its Advanced Placement offerings, Elgin Area School District U-46 is hoping rigor will also be t...
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Dist. U-46 budget brings few comments from publicSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The public didn't have much to say at Monday's public hearing on Elgin Area School District U-46's 2010-11 budget. That may be because the state's second-largest distric...
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Remembering Justin: 5K run to honor student teacher with a giftSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Justin Jensen was only given 22 years, but he didn't waste one second. The Bartlett High School graduate had received his degree in special education from Illinois State...
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Free school supplies help area studentsSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - "It's great," said Taboada, who was among the 1,500 students in Elgin Area School District U-46 who received a backpack from the Kids in Need Foundation and Newell Rubbe...
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Farnham to keep circulating school funding legislation petitionSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - A suburban state representative says he's getting pressure from Gov. Pat Quinn's office to stop making noise over vetoed school funding legislation that would have broug...
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Farnham tried to fix U-46 fundingSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you, Keith Farnham for standing up for our schools. It takes a genuinely good person to stand up to very powerful political leaders on behalf of the schoolchildren...
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Some suburban schools get cash for serving up healthy snacksSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Two years ago, Elgin students didn't exactly dig into the red cabbage and pomegranate when it was served up at Highland Elementary School. But last year was different, s...
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ECC, U-46 astronomy teacher had 'true passion'Sep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - In some ways, Donald Tuttle was like the planets and stars he studied. The longtime director of the Elgin Area School District U-46's Observatory and former Elgin Commun...
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A win-win solution in an era of lossesAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In this age of cutbacks and retrenchment, programs are constantly being lost or modified in ways that consequently leave participants only two options - hope for help el...