Articles filed under Indian Prairie Unit District 204
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Metea Valley High School's culture: Reward good behaviorJul 18, 2009 11:00 pm - When it comes to defining a new school's culture, especially a new high school, officials agree the conversation begins and ends with the discipline policy. That's why m...
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Metea Valley music program strikes first chordJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Football season is still a good six weeks away and the Metea Valley Mustangs Marching Band already has mastered the fight song. Not bad for a group of young high school...
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District 204 group pushing to maintain special needs fundingJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois' first and largest special needs Parent Teacher Association may quickly shrink if state legislators approve a budget with threatened cuts to social and human se...
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Metea Valley sports program looks to build own traditionsJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The backs of their wrinkled, sweat-soaked T-shirts say it all: "Tradition Starts Today." Hundreds of potential Metea Valley athletes have been working out on courts and ...
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Spelling test: Near-miss for Metea practice jerseysJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Metea Valley suffered its first case of mistaken identity when a box of 200 practice football jerseys arrived with the Aurora high school's name spelled "MATEA." Athleti...
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Phones a problem? Enforce the rules.Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It's unlikely that any of the provisions listed in the June 9 article titled, "(Indian Prairie) Dist. 204 bans file-sharing devices from its schools," will be successful...
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Birkett moves to head of the class in District 204Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - It's official. Kathy Birkett is moving from Indian Prairie's cheap seats to the hot seat. Board members unanimously approved Birkett's three-year, $231,000 contract, mea...
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DuPage County briefsJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Habitat ready to break ground: DuPage Habitat for Humanity will break ground at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, on a $3 million neighborhood of affordable energy-efficient ho...
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No time to sleep as Metea Valley school nears completionJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jim Schmid has been having trouble sleeping. Instead of being able to count sheep, the Metea Valley principal finds himself adding up all the things that still need to b...