Articles filed under School Districts
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Wheeling District 21 requests 11 percent levy hikeDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 is requesting a 10.9 percent property tax levy increase, though in effect the district only expects the amount it requests from ...
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Aurora airman's early return surprises sons during assemblyDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - Nathan Bautista's father couldn't make it earlier this month when other dads were sharing stories about their careers with kids at McCarty Elementary School in Aurora. ...
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Elgin teen's Eagle Scout project: Make people feel better with his musicDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - To earn an Eagle Scout badge, Noah Akemann sought to do something different from the typical construction and beautification projects many Scouts undertake. An upright b...
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District 25 students code their way through EgyptDec 14, 2017 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights, IL - The implementation of coding into the classroom may be more of a recent trend in education, but one class at Thomas Middle School discovered that...
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Armstrong third- and fourth-graders pack meals at Feed My Starving ChildrenDec 14, 2017 10:00 pm - On Dec. 13 Armstrong third- and fourth-grade classes visited Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg, where they worked together to pack 23,112 meals. That's 107 boxes o...
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Spot for friendship comes to Naperville schoolDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - A Naperville school has a new place to foster togetherness — a Buddy Bench. The bench is the second donated to a school by the Excel Exchange Club of the Alive Center i...
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22 months into talks, still no deal in West Chicago District 94Dec 14, 2017 12:00 am - West Chicago High School teachers plan to stage a second "grade-in" next week to show support for union negotiators still locked in contract talks with the school board ...
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St. Charles East wants, gets equal treatment ... and new $1.2 million athletic fieldDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - St. Charles school board members in February said they fulfilled a need by spending $1.2 million on a new synthetic turf field for St. Charles North High School. Now the...
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Later starts recommended for Libertyville, Vernon Hills high schoolsDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - A task force has recommended starting the day later at Libertyville High School and Vernon Hills High School beginning next fall. Responding to studies that show teens b...
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Holiday music a treat for students, seniors in Vernon HillsDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Two generations were treated to the sounds of the season Wednesday at Brookdale Hawthorn Lakes senior living center in Vernon Hills. Around 40 Hawthorn Lakes residents a...