Articles filed under Indian Prairie Unit District 204
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Dist. 204 looks to challenge payroll tax rules in tiff with stateApr 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Desperate times call for creative, if not necessarily desperate, measures. And Indian Prairie Unit District 204 school officials say waiting for $13 million in late pay...
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District 204 parents pushing for education funding reformApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Two months ago, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials fought the battle for state education funding with signs in their own front yard. Now, parents say, they're t...
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Dist. 204 parents pushing for education funding reformApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Two months ago, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials fought the battle for state education funding with signs in their own front yard. Now, parents say, they're t...
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Dist. 204 staff, parents lobby to keep valued music classApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie school officials played host to an open mic of sorts Monday, and 15 people took the stage to save one of the middle schools' most valued music courses. Th...
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Students giving lessons in democracyMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Sixth-grader Ryan Patterson, high school sophomore Spencer Armstrong and college junior Stacey Stolz all may be good students in school but they also realize that commun...
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Cool Cat Cafe puts spotlight on writing, musicMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The room stood dark, except for tea-lights glowing from tabletops filling the center. At those tables - all covered with tiger-print cloths - crowds of students and pare...
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Yale a cappella group Shades visits District 204 schoolsMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's not uncommon for Indian Prairie Unit District 204 alums to give back to their home schools, but few do it as quickly as 2009 Neuqua Valley High School graduate B.J....
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Growing chorus decries music cuts among suburban schoolsMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Recent studies resoundingly show that music education is one of the keys to higher test scores and engaged and well-rounded students. Among them, a 2007 Northwestern Uni...
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Dist. 204 groups rally for music programMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Music is a way of life for many of Indian Prairie Unit District's 29,000 students, with a rich history of Grammy nods under their belts through the years. So many parent...
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Dist. 204 board presents new phase of budget austerity planMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie school officials made their first step toward cutting an additional $12.2 million from next year's budget Monday by approving the release of 145 nontenure...