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Volunteers needed to recommend U46 school boundaries, closings

May 10, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

As about 40 parents and other volunteers worked last week to recommend changes to the elementary school attendance boundaries for Elgin School District U46, 14 of them were from the...

Some parents wonder why Century Oaks School in Elgin isn't considered overcrowded if it has two mobile classrooms and its interior classrooms are all filled up.

More changes in the works for Elgin U46 school boundaries

May 10, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

Worried parents from Liberty Elementary School in Bartlett persuaded members of a volunteer study committee to postpone recommending changes to Liberty's attendance boundaries in fall 2016. The enrollment and facilities...

District U46 opposes TIF district for downtown Bartlett

May 10, 2019 at 2:50 a.m.

When four new members joined the board of education of Elgin School District U46 this week, they argued over some issues. But one thing they could agree on was that...

The Jesse White Tumblers perform a tricky maneuver for the students at Highland Elementary School in Elgin on Thursday.

Jesse White Tumblers flip over Elgin school’s reading success

May 10, 2019 at 2:50 a.m.

It wasn't only the Jesse White Tumblers who needed courage as they showed off their jumps, leaps and somersaults Thursday on a hard asphalt playground outside Highland Elementary School in...

Community Prayer Breakfast honors volunteer Velma Sept

May 10, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

The annual Community Prayer Breakfast in Elgin, started 26 years ago by longtime Courier-News Publisher D. Ray Wilson, drew 311 people to the campus of Judson University Wednesday. They saw...

Car, chased by cops, flips and burns at Santa’s Village

May 10, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

A car being pursued by sheriff's deputies went out of control and crashed into the grounds of Santa's Village Azoosment Park in East Dundee late Wednesday afternoon, flipping upside down...

St. Charles educators talk with State Sen. Karen McConnaughay, third from left, and State Rep. Steve Andersson, fifth from left, before a forum on Common Core and PARCC testing in Elgin on Monday.

Legislators, secretary of education explain PARCC tests at Elgin forum

May 10, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

The Common Core State Standards for Illinois schools and the new PARCC tests may have some wrinkles to be ironed out. But the state's new secretary of education told an...

New and re-elected Elgin School District U46 board members take the oath of office Monday. From left are Cody Holt, Sue Kerr, Jeanette Ward, Phil Costello and Traci O'Neal Ellis.

Ideological split causes rift in new Elgin District U46 Board

May 10, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

What might be called the School Board Wars have begun in Elgin School District U46 after the April 7 election set up a 4-3 ideological split on its board. Minutes...

Master mechanic David Kloke stands by the reproduction of Lincoln's funeral train car built by him and a dozen volunteers in an Elgin workshop.

Elgin-made Lincoln funeral train car unveiled in Springfield

May 10, 2019 at 2:48 a.m.

It had to overcome a shortage of money and various squabbles and misunderstandings between event organizers, railroads and the state government. But the brand-new Elgin-made reproduction of the train car...

Angela Ogburn, left, and Vincent Cascio explain their work as Elgin Community College's wellness professionals during a recent committee meeting of the ECC Board of Trustees.

ECC’s new Student Wellness Services use holistic approach

May 10, 2019 at 2:48 a.m.

Whether they're showing a stressed-out teen how to handle anxiety over a failing class or they're meeting with the college's new support group for gay students, the staff of Elgin...

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