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U-46 vote clears way for co-op speech team

By Seth Hancock
  Streamwood High School students will have a chance to compete for a speech team for the first time in years after a School District U-46 Board of Education vote at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 23.
  The board unanimously approved of allowing the board president, Sue Kerr, to sign an application to create a cooperative team between Streamwood and Elgin high schools which will be submitted to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
  “Streamwood High School has not had a speech team in the past,” the supplication states. “A Co-op with Elgin would allow students from Streamwood High School to compete.”
  The IHSA requires board approval for creating co-op teams the proposal stated. This co-op will begin for this year’s speech team season and run through the 2020-2021 school year.
  Elgin has had a speech team which included 25 to 30 students a year in the past according to the application. Elgin again anticipates 25 to 30 students competing on the team and Streamwood estimates 10 to 15 additional students on the team.
  Streamwood has had a speech team in the past according to Kerr.
  “I’m glad Streamwood’s getting it’s speech team back,” Kerr said. “My son was on the South Elgin team and they used to share the bus with the Streamwood team, and I was sad when Streamwood dropped out for a few years.”
  Board member Kate Thommes said: “As a former speech team kid, great. This is cool.”
  Also approved unanimously by the board was the list of 2019 high school graduates, an annual requirement set by the state.

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