Kalyn Belsha

East Aurora teachers overwhelmingly vote down proposed contract

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

Amid concerns in the East Aurora School District about the reading and math curriculum and a new teacher evaluation system, teachers overwhelmingly voted down a tentative contract agreement last week....

Jeffery Stewart's mother, Mary Stewart, still has the photo board in her Aurora home that was displayed at her son's funeral more than seven years ago. Jeffery Stewart died at 18 after suffering an asthma attack at school.

Jury awards $2.5 million to family of Oswego High School student who died after collapse

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

A Kendall County jury has ordered Community Unit School District 308 to pay $2.5 million to the family of Jeffery Stewart, an Oswego High School student who died in 2008...

Citally Peinado (left) and Kierra Shepherd, both 17, run a mile during their athletic conditioning class at East Aurora High School.

East Aurora High School taking individualized approach to PE classes

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

On a recent sunny Wednesday, East Aurora High School juniors Kierra Shepherd and Citally Peinado stood on their school's track. With the "go" sign from their athletic conditioning teacher, Patrick...

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert speaks during an event in downtown Aurora in 2011.

Wheaton College hasn’t decided if Hastert Center’s name will change

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

Wheaton College has received and accepted J. Dennis Hastert's resignation from the board of advisers to the center that bears his name, but college officials have not decided whether the...

East Aurora High School students Carlos Gonzalez, 16, and Paola Gonsalez, 15, read their allegory about women's rights in India to a class of fourth-grade students at Gates Elementary School in Aurora.

East Aurora High students take on Islamic State, women’s rights in children’s books

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

On a recent Friday morning at Gates Elementary School in Aurora, about a dozen East Aurora High School sophomores fanned out to classrooms to read to the younger students. But...

The governing board of the Kendall County Special Education Cooperative voted 4-2 this week to dissolve the organization as of June 30, 2016.

Board votes to dissolve Kendall County Special Education Cooperative next year

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

The future of the 41-year-old Kendall County Special Education Cooperative is in flux after its governing board voted this week to voluntarily dissolve the organization at the end of June...

New leader chosen for Aurora STEM school

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

Long-time West Aurora teacher Arin Carter beat out more than 50 other contenders to be named the new director of the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School on Aurora University's...

Erica Ferrer shakes the hand of Superintendent Michael Popp after receiving her diploma at the graduation ceremony at East Aurora High School Friday.

Fox Valley high school students overcome adversity to earn diplomas

May 22, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

All this month, high school seniors throughout the Fox Valley are donning caps and gowns as they prepare to graduate. But for some students, that walk across the stage to...

Oswego East High School evacuated students Monday after a science experiment triggered the sprinkler system.

Oswego East officials looking into experiment that prompted evacuation

May 22, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

Oswego East High School administrators are investigating the circumstances of a science experiment in a third-floor classroom that set off the fire alarms and sprinklers Monday morning and prompted a...

East Aurora students at the Benavides Kindergarten Center listen to teacher Lindsey Baaske read a book.

East Aurora to offer full-day kindergarten to all incoming students

May 22, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

All incoming kindergarten students in East Aurora School District will be offered the chance to enroll in a full-day class in the upcoming school year. The new offering represents a...

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