FRESHMEN MUST MAKE GRADE FOR ACTIVITIES
The Valley View school board adopted a policy this week that stiffens the standards incoming freshmen must meet if they want to participate in sports or other extracurricular activities. By...
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SCHOOLS ASKED TO HELP FUND EAR, EYE TESTS
The Will County Health Department said Tuesday that it is asking school districts to pay for at least part of the cost of state-mandated hearing and vision tests for students....
FRESHMEN MUST MAKE GRADE FOR ACTIVITIES
The Valley View school board adopted a policy Monday night that stiffens the standards incoming freshmen must meet if they want to participate in sports or other extracurricular activities. By...
NEW SCHOOL YEAR WEIGHS A BIT HEAVILY
The subject surfaced repeatedly over the summer and recently has become a hot topic at the dining room table as Mary Appleton prepares to send her 14-year-old daughter back to...
CRETE-MONEE CELEBRATES 3-YEAR TEACHER PACT
For the first time in a decade, teachers in Crete-Monee School District 201-U have a contract that stretches longer than one or two years. On Thursday morning, the school board...
NEIGHBORS UPSET OVER SCHOOL PLAN
When Thomas A. Maloney moved to the Timbers subdivision 25 years ago, he relaxed after a long day's work by plopping in a back-yard lawn chair and surveying the vast,...
COMED GOES HUNTING FOR GAPS IN THE SYSTEM
Responding to both public and internal pressure, Commonwealth Edison officials on Sunday said they spent an exhausting weekend analyzing the company's aging infrastructure and devising a better method to notify...
COLLEGE TRUSTEES BALK AT RAINY DAY SAVINGS
Joliet Junior College trustees this week decided not to approve the school's proposed budget, saying they are concerned college administrators have stashed away too much money--more than $19 million--in savings....
ORLAND DISTRICT TRIES TO ATTRACT SUBS WITH BETTER PAY
Responding to a chronic shortage of substitute teachers, officials in Orland School District 135 decided Monday to increase wages for the stand-in educators. School board members unanimously agreed to bump...
EX-SOCCER COACH CLEARED OF BATTERY
A Cook County Circuit judge dismissed a battery charge Thursday against the former women's soccer coach at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, saying that even if Pete Follenweider was...