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Thursday, October 2, 2014

10-2-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:









Waukegan strike. 1,200 teachers. 14,000 students.
- NBC Chicago Teachers in far north suburban Waukegan on Thursday announced they were moving ahead with a strike. All Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 were closed, giving nearly 17,000 students the day off. “Seven o’clock in the morning we will be on strike. We will strike all of the 25 or so campuses in Waukegan with picketers at each,” Lake County Federation of Teachers president Mik
Family friendly.
The first Olive Garden Restaurant has opened in the City of Chicago. I have never eaten at an Olive Garden, although I might eat at this one. It is on Addison off of 94 in a K-Mart parking lot.  That’s not far from me. And I am intrigued by the concept of a never-ending pasta bowl and unlimited breadsticks. Unlimited breadsticks. Avondale, the neighborhood that gets the benefit of the Olive Garde
10-1-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: John Dillon. Looking for a “fortiori,” a better reason to vote for Quinn.- John Dillon is a retired teacher, pension activist and a member of the IEA Retired S.O.R.E chapter. He blogs at Pension Vocabulary. In education, ironically, Rauner and at least one of the Democratics on the gubernatorial ticke