Articles filed under School Districts
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Teachers walk picket line in Huntley District 158Sep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - About 50 teachers and supporters wearing green HEA T-shirts are picketing this morning outside Huntley Unit District 158's Algonquin campus on the first day of their str...
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District 15 class size formula needs workSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to express concern with the large class sizes in several District 15 schools. In my child's school (Lake Louise), each third grade class has 30 or more chil...
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Parents, step into minds of teenagersSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - If you want to explain teenage behavior - take a tour of their brains. Adolescence prompts the brain to go through "explosive new growth," according to recent studies, a...
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No deal for District 158, teachers, but talks continueSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The Huntley Unit District 158 school board and the district's teacher union were meeting late Saturday in hopes of reaching a deal and avoiding a strike. The sides began...
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Kaneland school district to hold hearings on boundary changesSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Voters in Kaneland School District 302 approved the building of a new middle school and an addition to Blackberry Creek Elementary School in February. Officials now face...
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Carpentersville school on alert after threatsSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Perry Elementary School will have beefed-up security Monday after the Carpentersville school received two anonymous telephone calls threatening violence, Community Unit ...
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No deal for District 158, teachers, but talks continueSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Huntley Unit District 158 school board and the district's teacher union were unable to reach a deal after meeting for more than seven hours Friday night. But stateme...
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District 96 superintendent announces retirementSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The longtime superintendent of Kildeer Countryside Elementary District 96 announced this week he'll retire in 2010. Thomas Many said he wanted to give the school board ...
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Dist. 303 contemplating $116 million of elementary school constructionSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Upgrading every elementary school in St. Charles Unit District 303 so it meets modern standards of accessibility, air quality, capacity, school programs, safety and park...
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Study: Teachers morale is lowSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent study claims teachers are being left behind by federal education law. In a recent series of studies entitled "Strong States, Weak Schools: The Dilemmas of Centr...