Articles filed under School Districts
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Case may determine what taxpayers can know about officials' payMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Whether taxpayers have a right to know how much their school superintendent, city manager, and other contracted government employees earn and what they do ...
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Cook County briefsMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Library retreat rescheduled The Schaumburg Township District Library board has rescheduled the retreat that was canceled last week. The retreat is now set for 5:30 p.m. ...
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Dist. 211 could name new board member ThursdayMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has received 15 applications from people interested in the school board seat left vacant by Susan Kenley-Rupnow's death. Boa...
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Six-year-old cancer survivor gets grand send-offMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - With more than 1,000 kids yelling, cheering and clapping, it could have been Michael Jordan walking the halls at Millburn Elementary School in Wadsworth. Instead of a 6...
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Young athletes celebrate their achievements, Special Olympics-styleMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Matthew Colmares was reluctant to climb on the awards stand to receive his first Olympic ribbon. The 4-year-old has autism, so events like the raucous celebration in th...
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Grayslake unwraps plan for 641 acres at Peterson and AlleghanyMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The potential of a large tract of land envisioned decades ago finally will be unlocked with a sprawling $818 million plan announced Monday. Grayslake officials released ...
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Neighbors in the NewsMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Melissa Kempf has become the first girl to win a District 54 Varsity Conference Wrestling Tournament. Kempf, 13, an eighth-grader at Jane Addams Junior High School, Scha...
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Dist. 158 hopefuls clash over conflict of interestMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The Huntley Unit District 158 school board spent the greater part of 2008 hammering out a new contract with the district's teachers union. Absent from those discussions ...
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Beard contest raises money for cancer researchMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It all started as a way to add some fun to the dreary days of February. Ryan Bazon, a math teacher at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, appropriated an idea he disc...
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Hundreds plead with U-46 board to consider human side of layoffsMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of Elgin Area School District U-46 employees turned out Monday night to implore the board to see the human side of the layoffs it was considering. Less than a w...