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MAY 15, 2014
Vol. 7 No. 44
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Grand time for library’s ‘Great Read’ Legacy Girls perform at the White Oak Library to celebrate culmination of program By Laura Katauskas staff reporter
katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas
By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter With increased focus in the school system comes accountability, and as standards change, so do the means to gauge them. And all it comes at a cost. Based on the federal government and the state’s belief the bar has been set too low in education, an initiative to increase rigor and develop systemic change through school districts has been in the works for the past few years, including common core standards in 2010. >> See ‘glitches’’ page 5
Gas was 12 cents a gallon, the average wage was 25 to 45 cents and half of the homes didn’t have indoor plumbing during the time our nation faced World War II. But they had the Andrew Sisters, and music was a key pastime to a better place. To help celebrate the culmination of The Great Read program sponsored by area organizations, the Legacy Girls performed at the White Oak Library in Romeoville, taking many back to a different time. Rather than focus on just one book, the Great Read committee decided to broaden the scope to include a theme, “The World Wars: Pages in Time.” “By doing this, we were able to expand on everything using the theme to get >> see great read | page 3