Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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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...
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Park programs pinch hit for U-46 'B' teamsAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Did your middle school student not make the "A" team for volleyball? Park districts and recreation departments believe they have a response to Elgin Area School District...
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Suburban schools question Quinn's tax swap callAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Suburban school officials are a little leery of Gov. Pat Quinn's call to link an income tax hike and property tax cuts. While they welcomed the idea of property tax reli...
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New school year in U-46 brings larger class sizes; fewer programsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Coleman Elementary School Principal Brian Stark knows his is one of the lucky schools in Elgin Area District U-46 that came away relatively unscathed from the massive cu...
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U-46 snafu takes all-day kindergarten away from someAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46's administration of a federal grant to help low-income kindergartners has left some parents and 33 kids feeling out in the cold. Katie Ho...
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U-46 improves in ACT math and readingAug 21, 2010 11:00 pm - High school students in Elgin Area District U-46 made gains in math and reading on the ACT, but test scores in science and English dipped slightly over last year's resul...