Articles filed under School Districts
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Campton Hills development might help school trafficJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A 106-lot subdivision planned for Campton Hills will have a minimal effect on traffic and might actually reduce congestion at Bell-Graham Elementary School, a traffic sp...
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Catch a Bandits game, maybe nab a scholarshipJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - When incoming Judson University freshman Eric Smith went to a Chicago Bandits softball game in June, he was hoping to nab a foul ball. Instead, the downstate Newark nati...
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Highland Elementary gets lunch grantJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Highland Elementary students will soon have no trouble getting their five-a-day, every school day, thanks to a $17,000 healthy eating grant. The federal grant, funded by...
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Wauconda school official pleads guilty to domestic batteryJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Wauconda school board member Nicholas Batson was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 2 years probation Thursday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic battery cha...
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Teachers union says proposal affordableJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - For more than three months, Huntley Unit District 158 has characterized the teachers union's contract proposal as unreasonable. This week, the union struck back. In its ...
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Credit union drives in the supplies for U-46 schoolJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Those on both the giving and receiving ends are stocking up on school supplies this week Elgin Area School District U-46. For the fifth straight year, Elgin's Corporate ...
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Bond refinancing saves District 303 about $2 millionJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Charles School District 303 officials expect to save about $2 million by refinancing $44 million in bonds at a lower interest rate. Superintendent Don Schlomann sai...
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Move over, Hillary, Fremd girl heads to D.C. for leadership conferenceJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Elisabeth "Bizzy" Mellado used to dream of one day being elected president. "I can find essays that I wrote in fifth grade where I said things like, 'When I become presi...
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District 21 talks pros and cons of TIFsJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 board on Thursday outlined its reasons for rejecting a tax increment finance district the village wants to implement. Daniel...
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Administrator costs down in St. Charles District 303Jul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Charles school administrators on average will get 4 percent raises this year, but overall administrative costs in District 303 will drop by about $500,000. Superinte...