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Elgin School District U46 to talk about bullying, cyber bullying

May 10, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

Officials of Elgin School District U46 will talk about the district's bullying and cyber-bullying problems and what is being done to solve those during this month's meeting of the District...

Elgin School District U46 Board splits over closed-session recordings

May 10, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

A member of the Elgin School District U46 Board says she has heard allegations that the Open Meetings Act was violated at a closed-session board meeting before she was elected...

Elgin District U46 school board members listen as Cody Holt (far right) discusses the district's 2015-2016 budget and labor unions Monday.

U46 Board passes school budget by 4-3 vote

May 10, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

Splitting along ideological lines, the board of School District U46 approved its proposed 2015-2016 budget by a 4-3 vote Monday. The three new board members who ran together on a...

Elgin School District U46 CEO Tony Sanders answers questions during a press conference about last week's Legionella crisis.

U46 won’t look for superintendent until Sanders can be included

May 10, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

The two factions on the Elgin School District U46 Board may not agree on much. But one thing they had little trouble convincing each other about Monday was that they...

District U46 staffer Annette Acevedo tells members of the U46 Board of Education how the district's dual-language program will work in four U46 middle schools next school year.

Dual-language learning to expand to middle schools in District U46

May 10, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

Elgin School District U46 administrators are planning to expand the district's dual-language learning (DLL) Spanish and English program to the middle-school level in August, probably starting at just Abbott, Ellis...

Chicago comedian Mike Toomey entertains the crowd while back stage the judges determine the winners of the 2015 Elgin Short Film Festival.

Dating comedy, child’s story top Elgin Short Film Festival

May 10, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

During its first year with a full slate of animated entries, the seventh annual Elgin Short Film Festival on Saturday gave its top prize to a Chicago-made comedy about speed...

The giant air-conditioning cooling tower at Larkin High School in Elgin, just outside the main gym, has been disinfected after the discovery of Legionnaires disease germs in a Sept. 8 water sample.

Schools reopen, questions remain after bacteria scare

May 10, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

Three closed school buildings in Elgin District U46 reopened Monday morning after a bacteria scare closed them for three days last week. The closings had affected Larkin High School in...

Route 31/State Street will be closed in Elgin north of Chicago Street while this crumbling railroad crossing is replaced.

Route 31 to close for a week in Elgin

May 10, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

Traffic through downtown Elgin may be grim this week as drivers along Route 31 are detoured along East Chicago Street, Highland Avenue and Villa Street. Officials of the City of...

Eastview Middle School in Bartlett, closed Wednesday after air testing revealed "higher than normal" levels of the bacteria that causes the form of pneumonia called Legionnaire's disease.

Sunday forums set to discuss Legionella scare that closed Elgin U46 schools

May 10, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

Elgin School District U46 officials will meet with the community during Sunday forums before students head back to classes Monday in schools that were closed after tests detected high levels...

Elgin Latin-Mass priest calls pope’s agenda ‘unfortunate’

May 10, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

As he tours the United States, Pope Francis has drawn largely rave reviews from observers including politicians, American Roman Catholic leaders and atheist comedian Bill Maher. But the pastor of...

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