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Niles Township District 219 teachers to get 4.4% raises under new contract

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Niles Township High School District 219 teachers and staff are starting off the school year with a new contract that guarantees raises for the next four years, smaller classroom sizes and improved benefits. The board of education approved the teachers’ contract at its meeting on Tuesday. According to district documents Pioneer Press obtained through an open records request, teachers will receive a 5% raise for the 2024-2025 school year, a 4.75% raise in the 2025-2026 school year, a 4% raise for the 2026-2027 and the 2027-2028 school year. “There is a renewed sense of optimism in our schools that we […]

New Trier’s search firm presents criteria wanted in new school superintendent

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With interviews of applicants seeking to become the next New Trier High School superintendent set to start next month, an executive search firm has provided the school board information a report containing stakeholder perceptions of the school and priorities for the next administrative leader. At their Sept. 16 meeting, District 203 school board members formally received a leadership profile report from the Hazard, Young and Attea (HYA) the search firm retained to facilitate the hiring process to replace Paul Sally, who has announced his retirement at the end of the 2024-25 school year. HYA representatives said almost 1,000 people completed […]

At least 8 vehicles vandalized overnight on Northwest Side

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A male suspect broke the the side front windows of at least eight parked vehicles overnight in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side, Chicago police said. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, a male suspect broke the driver’s side and passenger side windows of eight parked vehicles in the 3600 to 3800 blocks of North Nordica Avenue. Only one of the vehicles had property taken, police said. The suspect fled the scene in a dark colored sedan. No one was in custody, and detectives were investigating.    

39-year-old man dies in car accident late Monday night in West Garfield Park

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A 39-year-old man was pronounced dead after he lost control of a sedan and struck a tree late Monday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 11:05 p.m., the victim was driving a Buick sedan at a high rate of speed in the 4600 block of West Maypole Avenue when he lost control and stuck a tree, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Major Accidents Investigation Unit was investigating.  

Man fatally wounded when gunfire veered into his living room Monday night in West Woodlawn neighborhood

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A 56-year-old man was fatally wounded while sitting in his living room Monday night from gunfire outside his residence, Chicago police said, About 8 p.m., the victim was sitting in the front room of a residence in the 6600 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue when shots were fired from the sidewalk, striking the man to the torso, police said. He was taken to UChicago Medicine where he was pronounced dead. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting,