The Examiner U-46 News Feed

U-46 transgender issue draws opposing views
By Seth Hancock   Do your kids belong to you, or do they belong to the state? Who instills the values and beliefs ...

U-46 primed to vote on budget, pact renewals
By Seth Hancock   The Board of Education in School District U-46 will be voting on the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 b...

U-46 meeting regresses into free speech debate
By Seth Hancock   “Dissenters who tell their fellow citizens what is really going on are subject to smear ca...

U-46 transgender policy triggers war of words
By Seth Hancock   “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society,” John ...

U-46 debate lingers over access to meeting tapes
By Seth Hancock   As the Board of Education in School District U-46 debates access to closed session recordings, i...

Questions loom above U-46 budget ratification
By Seth Hancock   The public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2017 budget in School District U-46 will be coming up at ...

U-46 Board reviews emergency plans, salaries
By Seth Hancock   The Board of Education in School District U-46 will be asked to approve the district’s fiv...

U-46 Committee holds policy update discussion
By Seth Hancock   The Board of Education in School District U-46 is in the process of updating its policy under Se...

U-46 Board receives new budget presentation
By Seth Hancock   The Board of Education in School District U-46 received a presentation on the Fiscal Year 2017 b...

U-46 Bluestars shine at Illinois Special Olympics
By Seth Hancock   It was the first year for aquatic events at the Illinois Special Olympics summer games, and U-46...

U-46 Board updated on school year readiness
By Seth Hancock   The 2016-17 school year has started in School District U-46, and officials said they’re re...

U-46 Board vote denies public access to tape
By Seth Hancock   The question of what, if anything, the majority of the School District U-46 Board of Education i...

Is teaching mandate of U-46 schools correct?
By Seth Hancock   Public education is not about teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic or to help ...

U-46 discussion focuses on child values teaching
By Seth Hancock   “The schools cannot allow parents to influence the kind of values-education their children...

Transparency at issue as U-46 Board vote looms
By Seth Hancock   The Board of Education in School District U-46 will vote on whether or not to release to the pub...

U-46 poised for vote on Eureka Math expansion
By Seth Hancock   Should students be taught using a one-size-fits-all approach, or are students individuals who le...

U-46 Board approves co-op team, expenses
By Seth Hancock   Pending approval from the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), South Elgin and Geneva high s...

The U-46 beat goes on: Transparency or not
By Seth Hancock   A conversation concerning a previous closed session meeting by the Board of Education in School ...

U-46 Board approves policy, payments, pact
By Seth Hancock   School District U-46 has updated its concussion policy and Bartlett High School’s activity...

Sparks fly after review of U-46 meeting tape
By Seth Hancock   Board of Education members in School District U-46 may have free reign to slander the taxpayers ...