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Glenbard School Board Eyes Lower Book Fees
A west suburban school board is considering a plan to make student costs for textbooks more reasonable. Newsradio 780’s Bernie Tafoya reports that textbook purchases fluctuate from $100 to $500 per...
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Man Accused Of Stealing $9,000 From CPS Board
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who was arrested in Aurora is accused of misappropriating more than $9,000 in funds belonging to the Chicago Public Schools Board, police said. Edmund Jones, 29, was charged...
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Renewed Call Issued For Elected School Board
CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) – A renewed call has been issued for a school board that would be elected in Chicago instead of appointed by the mayor, and all the mayoral candidates are being asked to go along...
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Oak Lawn Teachers Vote To Reduce Raises, Avoid Layoffs
OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) – Would you vote to cut a future pay raise in order to spare the jobs of fellow workers? That was the choice facing teachers and other staffers on Tuesday at Oak Lawn Community...
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School Board Chief Tied To Drug Dealer Won’t Step Down
CHICAGO (STMW)– Despite public outrage and calls for his resignation, a west suburban school board president tied to a drug dealer and a motorcycle gang member, refused to step down on Wednesday night....
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Board Member: School District Will Rank Last In Spending Per Pupil
MOKENA, Ill. (STMW) – The southwest suburban Mokena School District 159 board elected new officers at a special meeting last week, but the district’s old problems cropped up, too. There were signs at...
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New Chicago School Board Approves Brizard As CEO
CHICAGO (CBS) — Members of the Chicago Public School Board Wednesday approved the appointment of Jean-Claude Brizard as the new CEO. Without discussion or a roll call vote, the members voted...
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Emanuel Marks First Month In Mayor’s Office
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, grading his own first month in office, today gave the Board of Education high marks for its vote to cancel raises for teachers. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay...
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Lake Forest Board Hires Ex-Prosecutor To Investigate ‘Sexting’ Case
LAKE FOREST (CBS) — The Lake Forest District 67 school board Tuesday night hired a former federal prosecutor to undertake an independent review of the way the board handled sexual harassment...
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‘Intense’ Teacher Contract Talks Continue As Midnight Deadline Looms
Updated 09/09/12 – 3:45 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Public Schools officials and teachers continued contract negotiations Sunday morning, in talks union officials described as “intense,” with a...
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East Aurora School Board Rescinds Transgender-Support Policy
EAST AURORA, Ill. (CBS) — Four days after approving a policy protecting transgendered students, the East Aurora District 131 school board voted Friday night to rescind it. The vote was 4-0, with two...
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Geneva Teachers Reach Deal, Avoid Strike
UPDATED: 11/12/2012 6 a.m. GENEVA, Ill. (CBS) – School’s in session Monday in Geneva School District 304 after a threatened teachers’ strike was averted at the last possible moment. That walkout was...
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Maine West Board Votes To Fire Soccer Coach Over Hazing Scandal
Photo from the 2012 Maine West Yearbook of Mike Divincenzo. (Credit: Chicago Sun-Times) Updated 12/19/12 – 10:16 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Maine Township High School District 207 school board has voted...
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TIF, School Board Ordinances Spark Heated City Council Debate
CHICAGO (CBS) – An attempted end run around Mayor Emanuel’s opposition to two proposals led to some sparks on the City Council floor today. WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports that by a...
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CPS Parents, Teachers Push For Elected School Boards
(CBS) — The number of school closings in Chicago is leading some to say the city needs an elected school board. WBBM’s Cisco Cotto reports about three dozen students, parents, teachers and union...
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Waukegan Mayor Wants School Board Member To Resign After Telling Parents To...
CHICAGO (CBS) – The mayor of Waukegan was calling on a local school board member to resign, after she screamed at parents and teachers during a raucous public meeting regarding the ongoing teachers’...
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Suburban School Board To Seek Member’s Ouster Over Comments On Gays
CHICAGO (CBS) – The board for Warren Township High School District 121 planned to ask board member Liz Biondi to resign Tuesday night, a week after she said the district should not hire a homosexual...
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Suburban School Board Asks Member To Quit Over Gay Comments
(CBS) — The Warren Township school board in far north Suburban Gurnee is asking one of its board members to step down for voicing concern about hiring someone who is gay or lesbian as the district’s...
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Harvey School Superintendent Accuses Board Member Of Threatening ‘A**-Kicking’
CHICAGO (STMW) — A school superintendent in south suburban Harvey filed a lawsuit alleging that her efforts to put the district’s spending under a microscope sparked retaliation by board members —...
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Lincoln-Way Board Plans Forensic Audit Of District Finances
CHICAGO (CBS) — The south suburban Lincoln-Way school district board voted unanimously Thursday night to bring in an outside auditor who will get down to the nitty-gritty, in an attempt to determine if...
View ArticleCTU Opposes School Board Plan About Relaxing Ethics
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The Chicago Teacher’s Union is strongly opposing a plan by the School Board to relax ethics rules so that a former board member can become the Chief Operating Officer. Former...
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