Articles filed under Maine Township High School District 207
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Maine East to host Poetry Slam: 'Louder Than a Lawnmower'Dec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The name of the event itself is poetic, but there's more: Maine East High School will host a suburban poetry slam, called "Louder Than a Lawnmower" from 7-9:30 p.m. Wedn...
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District 207: Teachers will be cutDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 will cut roughly 75 teaching jobs for the next school year following a decision by the teacher's union not to reopen contract neg...
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Filmmakers visit Gacy home site to prep for film on serial killerDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Retired Des Plaines police Det. Rafael Tovar remembers the terrifying discovery as investigators dug up the 29 bodies buried at John Wayne Gacy's home. Now 30 years late...
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Maine East student hit by truck outside mall diesDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - A Des Plaines-area youth run over by a pickup truck driven by another teen in a fight over a girl has died. Edgardo De La Torre, a 16-year-old Maine East High School sop...
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Music fest benefits Make-A-WishNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - The first Pickwick Music Festival will feature four area bands performing in Park Ridge at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Tickets for the ...
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Maine Twp. District 207 could cut 75 teaching jobsNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 may eliminate 75 teaching jobs as part of cuts to whittle down a projected $17 million deficit next school year, a top official c...
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Teddy's transplant complete in 9 minutesNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Jenny and Brad Christiansen waited three years and 42 days for their son Teddy to have the chance of a normal life. Their hopes now hinge on the success of a nine-minute...
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District 207 cuts administrative costs by $1.1 millionNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Seven Maine Township High School District 207 administrators will be dismissed at the end of the current school year as the district looks to close an anticipated $17 mi...
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Are we getting what we pay for?Oct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - With a variety of important purchases, it may be said, you get what you pay for. But in some suburban schools, that's not always the case. School districts in Lake, McHe...
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School districts brace for next year's dip in tax revenueOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Northwest suburban school officials say the property taxes they'll get this fall and next spring may be the last healthy tax receipts for some time. School officials ar...