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Frankfort's Top 10 Schools Stories of 2012
Frankfort Patch looks back at some of the year's most read stories about education.
Between administrative changes, divisive decisions and even a few crime-related incidents, 2012 was an eventful year for schools in the Frankfort area.
To review some of Patch's most read education coverage from 2012, see the list below.
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For the first time in its history, the Summit Hill School District 161 board of education approved the honorable dismissal of 22 teachers at its Wednesday meeting as part of an overall staff reduction in the district ... to read more, click here.
2. Former L-Way Teacher Allegedly Threatened to Shoot School Officials (Update)
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A former Lincoln-Way Central High School teacher who checked himself into a Chicago hospital for psychiatric care faces a felony charge of telephone harassment in connection with alleged threats against school district officials ... to read more, click here.
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Two longtime members of the Lincoln-Way East High School music department resigned recently ... to read more, click here.
4. D157-C and D161 Schools on 'Soft Lockdown' After 2 Escaped Convicts Seen in Tinley Park
Schools in Frankfort School District 157-C and Summit Hill District 161 are on a 'soft lockdown' this afternoon after two convicted bank robbers who escaped from a jail in the Loop were seen in the Tinley Park area ... to read more, click here.
5. Lincoln-Way Supt. Lawrence Wyllie Announces Retirement
Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Superintendent Larry Wyllie, who announced his retirement at the Thursday Board of Education meeting, has helped shape a generation of students in the 105-square miles of the district. His retirement is effective June 28, 2013 ... to read more, click here.
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After a closed-session interview process the same evening, the Summit Hill School District 161 board of education approved Wednesday, June 13, the hiring of two women to fill administrative openings at Summit Hill Junior High and Hilda Walker Intermediate schools ... to read more, click here.
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Summit Hill School District 161 has new finance and special education directors as the board of education hired two veteran administrators from Plainfield's school district during Wednesday's meeting at Frankfort Square Elementary School ... to read more, click here.
8. Superintendent Lays Out Options to Balance D210 Budget
The Lincoln-Way High School District is considering millions of dollars in possible budget cuts or fee increases, and while speaking to hundreds of community members Saturday morning, District 210 Supt. Larry Wyllie put the blame squarely on the state ... to read more, click here.
9. Video: Summit Hill Teachers Hit The Dance Floor
The crowd cheered and hollered for their favorite teachers at Lincoln-Way North on Sunday afternoon as Summit Hill School District 161 teachers strapped on their dancing shoes for a good cause ... to read more, click here.
10. L-W East Earns Top 50 State Ranking in U.S. News' Best Schools List
Lincoln-Way East High School was ranked 48th in the state in U.S. News & World Reports annual list of the best high schools in the country ... to read more, click here.
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