Articles filed under School Districts
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Popular, retired superintendent of Marquardt District 15 dies at 77Sep 02, 2019 1:00 am - Services will be held this week for Lawrence J. Golden, a popular former superintendent of Marquardt District 15 in Glendale Heights, whose legacy was further enriched w...
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District 220 might raze house to improve traffic at Dundee Road schoolsSep 02, 2019 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 is exploring the idea of demolishing a house it bought from a fire district, then using the Dundee Road property for improving traffic ...
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Suburban school administrators bracing for legal marijuana's impactsSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - Students won't be allowed to use marijuana when adult recreational use begins Jan. 1, but school leaders anticipate legalization bringing a cascade of effects in the edu...
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With e-learning, could the snow day become a thing of the past in the suburbs?Aug 31, 2019 1:00 am - With e-learning an official option, students can work at home, districts can cut makeup days
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10 historical LGBTQ figuresAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - Harvey Milk (1930-1978) - An American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, serving on the San Francisco board of supervisor...
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How LGBTQ history will be taught in public schoolsAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - What do Walt Whitman, Jane Addams, Harvey Milk, Sally Ride and Rock Hudson have in common? They were trailblazers and pioneers in their respective fields. They also were...
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12 area school districts will have to raise starting teachers' salaries to $40,000 a yearAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated with the most recently available salary data. Some suburban school districts will have to raise starting salaries by as m...
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Inclusion or indoctrination? How opposing sides view teaching LGBTQ history in schoolsAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - State law does not specify at what grade level LGBTQ history is to be taught. Critics view talking about LGBTQ personalities in earlier grades as akin to "indoctrination...
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Memorial services set for U-46 administratorAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Memorial services for Elgin Area School District U-46 administrator Ronald Raglin, who died Monday, Aug. 26, have been set. Raglin, 58, died of a heart attack from compl...
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District 54 hosts Run to Read 5K, family fun walk Sept. 22Aug 29, 2019 11:00 pm - School District 54 is hosting its 15th annual day of races on Sunday, Sept. 22, to support literacy. The goal is to collect 1,000 children's books for every classroom in...