Articles filed under School Districts
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Fifth-grader has an idea to help the environment: Dispense with disposable traysJun 07, 2019 5:30 am - On nacho day, when Lombard fifth-grader Amber Harris finishes her chips, she tosses the Styrofoam tray that held her favorite school lunch into the trash. There, it join...
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District 220 to buy land previously pegged for fire stationJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 plans to spend about $562,800 to acquire land adjacent to a middle school and early learning center. The move comes after a controversi...
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Community forum for Hawthorn Middle School North plan set for July 2Jun 07, 2019 1:00 am - A community forum regarding the proposed building plan for Hawthorn Middle School North in Vernon Hills is set for 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at the school, 201 Hawthorn Pa...
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Round Lake 116 to receive attention from volunteer work crews FridayJun 06, 2019 5:33 am - Instead of going to their offices Friday, Chicago area Convergint Technologies employees will head to four schools in Round Lake Area Unit School District 116 to paint, ...
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Massive Stevenson High expansion nearing completionJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - With just a couple of months to go, Stevenson High School officials are confident a roughly $27 million, three-story expansion of the East Building will be completed bef...
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District 211 to begin search for new superintendentJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - With one school year left before the retirement of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Dan Cates, the board of education plans to begin the searc...
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Career Pathways program helped Elk Grove senior thriveJun 05, 2019 11:00 pm - From joining co-curriculars to interning at local elementary schools and taking early college credit classes, Samantha Pelaez has taken advantage of every opportunity th...
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P.E.O. STAR Scholarships awarded to St. Charles North gradsJun 05, 2019 11:00 pm - Two P.E.O. STAR Scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year were presented to Laura Fang and Grace Keane, both seniors at St. Charles North High School. The scholarshi...
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Should 8th-graders wear a cap and gown? Districts do graduation differentlyJun 05, 2019 5:30 am - How much is too much pomp and circumstance to mark the completion of eighth grade? It's a question that divides parents and school districts across the region at the hei...
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Dist. 131 bilingual teacher charged with abusing two 8-year-old studentsJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - A first-grade bilingual teacher at East Aurora School District 131 has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing two of his 8-year-old students. Luis R. Mora, 58, ...