Cook County Schools
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State urges minority-owned businesses to apply for pandemic aidNov 07, 2020 12:00 am - State officials are urging minority-owned businesses to apply for $175 million in COVID-19 relief available through the Business Interruption Grant program. The Illinois...
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Arlington Heights woman helps energy provider tackle issues about race, equityOct 31, 2020 1:00 am - Growing up biracial in a predominantly Latino community, Nicole Durham learned the importance of appreciating others' differences and having tough conversations about ra...
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What Hanover Park learned from equity town hallsSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Hanover Park village leaders are developing action items to deliver services more equitably after a series of virtual town halls that wrapped up last week. Residents' fe...
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Barrington High grad leading effort for later school start timesSep 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Eric Albrecht remembers well getting to the bus stop by 6:30 a.m., sleepy and tired, to attend classes at Barrington High School. The district has since done what Albrec...
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Cook County turns spotlight on racial equity this weekSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County's second annual Racial Equity Week begins Monday and runs through Friday, offering a series of interactive virtual events with community leaders, experts, ar...
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Preckwinkle: Dramatic rise in suicides among Cook County's Black populationAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County is seeing a dramatic increase in suicides among Black residents. "There have been more suicides so far this year in the Black community than in all of 2019,"...
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'Cancer doesn't stop, and neither will we': Relay For Life goes virtual in DuPage, Northwest Cook countiesJun 04, 2020 6:00 am - Hearing the word cancer come out of the doctor's mouth is devastating. The world suddenly goes quiet and all you hear are the words echoing around in your head. Feeling...
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Schools, local governments support proposal for new Arlington Heights TIF districtMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Representatives of local governments in and around Arlington Heights have endorsed the village's plan to set up a special taxing district aimed at jump-starting redevelo...
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Death of Wheeling High School sophomore raises concerns about COVID-19 in teensApr 19, 2020 1:00 am - A student at Northwest Suburban High School District 214 has died, raising concerns about whether he succumbed to complications of COVID-19. Zach Leviton, a 16-year-old ...
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Three students honored as '207's Best' for FebruaryFeb 23, 2020 10:00 pm - The Maine District 207 Board of Education named three students as "207's Best" for February. Zarak Tariq from Maine East was honored for Technology Innovation. Izabella...