Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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Preckwinkle: Dramatic rise in suicides among Cook County's Black populationAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County is seeing a dramatic increase in suicides among Black residents. "There have been more suicides so far this year in the Black community than in all of 2019,"...
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U-46 board considers renewing school resource officers amid concernsAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Officials at Elgin-area schools are considering renewing contracts with local police departments for the school resource officer program. Officers currently are assigne...
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U-46 board approves plan for starting school year Aug. 24 remotelyJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board approved a plan Monday night for starting the school year Aug. 24 — delayed roughly a week — with distance learning for ...
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U-46, Comcast extend partnership to offer internet service at home to eligible students and familiesJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 and Comcast recently announced an extended partnership to provide eligible low-income families with Internet service at home. The agreem...
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U-46 now will start new school year with remote learningJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 is planning to start the school year next month with distance learning for all students, reversing an earlier decision to begin the fall ...
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Return to school? Suburban teachers not all sure about it, eitherJul 20, 2020 5:30 am - Lauren Brzezinski has a tough decision to make in the coming days. The 28-year-old teacher at Hawthorn Elementary South in Vernon Hills is conflicted about whether to re...
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U-46 Foundation Board President E.C. 'Bud' Wilson honored for distinguished service in public educationJul 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association recently selected U-46 Educational Foundation Board President E.C. "Bud" Wilson to be recognized...
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Need that in-person instruction or too risky? Parents' reactions to school reopening mixedJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - As a former teacher married to a teacher, Martha Paschke is concerned about schools reopening this fall and the risk it poses for students and employees. Paschke worries...
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Send the kids in August? Parents, schools grapple with reopening decisionsJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - After months of lockdowns, masks, social distancing and endless talk of COVID-19 and positivity rates, the time suburban parents have dreaded is nearly here - the start ...
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If Trump withholds funds from schools that don't open, how bad will they be hit?Jul 10, 2020 5:30 am - Federal funding, which President Donald Trump threatened to take away from schools that don't reopen in the fall, represents an average 7% of revenue for the 852 public ...