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Their son was hit by a bus and died. Now school districts are trying to blame ‘negligent’ parentsOct 10, 2024 11:13 am - Lawyers for two Crystal Lake school districts, which are being sued over the death of a 3-year-old boy who was hit by a school bus in Cary, want to argue in court that the child’s parents were “negligent” and “caused” his endangerment by failing to stop him from playing in the street, according to a filing in the civil lawsuit in McHenry County court.
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Gerry’s Café brews up lattes — and opportunitiesOct 10, 2024 9:18 am - When Gerry’s Café celebrated its first anniversary in August, it represented a dream come true for Natalie Griffin — and for the 40 people, including 15 District 214 graduates, who work for her at Gerry’s.
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DuPage Farm Bureau supports horticulture and agricultural education in GlenbardOct 08, 2024 11:38 am - Glenbard High School District 87 received a $6,000 donation from the DuPage County Farm Bureau to support horticulture and agricultural education at all four Glenbard high schools.
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GPS speaker to address adolescent anxiety and school refusal, resistanceOct 07, 2024 4:15 pm - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host Laura Koehler in a program titled “Teen Anxiety and School Anxiety: Dealing with Resistance and Refusal” on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
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Glenbard high schools recognized for AP School Honor Roll by College BoardOct 07, 2024 4:09 pm - Each of Glenbard District 87’s high schools has been recognized for the 2024 Advanced Placement School Honor Roll by the College Board.
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‘Frozen Jr.’ comes to Wheaton North stage on Oct. 10-13Oct 06, 2024 7:57 pm - Wheaton North Performing Arts will be sharing its rendition of a Disney fan-favorite — “Frozen Jr!”
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‘They’ll tell their story’: Traveling Sept. 11 exhibit led by firefighters who were there comes to Arlington HeightsOct 05, 2024 10:11 am - Contained within an 83-foot tractor-trailer, a traveling museum of artifacts from ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 regularly makes stops at state fairgrounds, community picnics and festivals throughout the country. But more often than not — like Monday and Tuesday at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights — the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit comes to schools.
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Multilingual parent liaison helps immigrant families settle in to District 54Oct 03, 2024 1:53 pm - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 has long aimed for excellence among its faculty, but for hundreds of families immigrating from cultures with different educational norms and expectations it is Parent Liaison Cinzia Bellarosa who serves as the key to unlocking years of potential learning benefits for their children.
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GPS speaker to give tips on fostering hope and connection with teens, tweensOct 02, 2024 11:11 pm - On Thursday, Oct. 17, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Rescuing Our Teens: 8 Solutions to Our Crisis of Disaffected Youth” with clinical psychologist John Duffy.
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‘Trustee for a day’: Students learn about government at Buffalo Grove Civics ForumOct 02, 2024 12:15 pm - Each year, a handful of students from Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools get a hands-on lesson in local government, taking on the roles of village trustees and village staff for an actual village board meeting at the village hall.