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Updated 4/9/2021 8:09 PM Amid calls for unity after a contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board election and reopening debate, divisions on the board were still evident in members' narrow 4-3 vote late Thursday to increase in-person learning to five days a week from four. The schedule change, which would take effect April 26 and last through the end of the school year June 11, had the support of parents and students who've argued for the effectiveness of in-school learning over remote sessions.   But it was opposed by the teachers union, which sought to keep the weekly Monda...

Reopening debate or not, District 25, 214 incumbents dominate Upper from left, Melisa Andrews, Gina Faso, Rich Olejniczak, Anisha Patel and lower from left, Katie Rausch, Greg Scapillato, Deborah Tranter and Todd Witherow were candidates for District 25 school board in the 2021 election. Upper from left, Elizabeth Bauer, Mark Hineman, Rich Menninga, Millie Palmer, and lower from left, Andrea Rauch, Tony Rosselli, Jacqueline Ryan and Lenny Walker were candidates for the District 214 school board in the 2021 election. Anisha Patel Posted4/8/2021 5:00 AM Whether it was the reopen...

Reopening debate divides District 25 board candidates   District 25 and 214 parents rallied last September in North School Park in Arlington Heights to reopen schools. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer   Updated 3/12/2021 8:50 PM Much like the divide in the community that developed last summer, the eight candidates in the contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board race are split over the degree to which the district should have reopened schools this academic year. While District 25 families and students who have chosen the in-person option are now back four days...

Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbs   School board candidates from across the suburbs lined up early Monday to be among the first to file paperwork with the Cook County clerk's office at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Rick West | Staff Photographer   Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to run for their local school boards in April. More than 480 school board candidates submitt...