Articles filed under Indian Prairie Unit District 204
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Indian Prairie Dist. 204 cuts 145 teachersMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 7 percent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204's teaching staff was released Monday night. Facing a $21.4 million deficit next year and an austerity plan that woul...
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Tribute garden at Aurora school took some determination to sproutMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The first phase of the new reading garden at Nancy Young Elementary School in Aurora took only about a week to build. But the seeds for the outdoor classroom, which open...
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School districts suffer while state funds lag, but severity may varyMar 21, 2010 11:00 pm - With varying levels of student poverty, property taxes rates and local revenues, no two suburban school districts are funded exactly the same way. Years ago, complicated...
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Music lessons go beyond band roomsMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I started playing flute in fifth grade at Kendall Elementary School. I moved on to play at Crone Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. In my eight y...
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Clow Elementary celebrates 30 yearsMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 celebrated the 30th anniversary of the district's first elementary school Thursday. Students, teachers and parents at Robert E. Clow Ele...
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Naperville career center braces itself for suddenly unemployed teachersMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Naperville's Community Career Center has helped a lot of people with their job searches in recent years, but very few of them have been educators. Now, center officials ...
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New budget proposal makes Dist. 204 board members uneasyMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - School board members won't vote until March 22 on the budget proposal unveiled Thursday by Indian Prairie Unit District 204 administrators, but several already are weigh...
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District 204 may eliminate 145 teachers, 19 administratorsMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 may eliminate as many as 145 nontenured teachers and 19 administrators to offset projected budget deficits, officials said Thursday. The...
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Schools superintendents riding the fence on income tax increaseMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Throwing support behind an income tax increase is a political hot potato for local legislators. It's also one for school superintendents, who, across the suburbs, have s...
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U-46 not shy about fighting state education cutsMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 is using its school marquees to make an 11th-hour appeal to Gov. Pat Quinn. With Quinn expected to announce a $1.4 billion decrease in ed...