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NOVEMBER 28, 2013
Vol. 7 No. 20
WILL COUNTY
Divided county Board approves budget Striking workers picketed just outside the County boardroom By laura KatausKas staff reporter Editor’s Note: Common Core Standards, Career and College Readiness, Measures of Academic Performance (MAP) testing, data-driven accountability—almost chanted like a mantra, these are the terms educators and parents are hearing on a daily basis when it comes to the business of educating students in Valley View School District 365u. In the final installment of a three-part look at how Valley View uses assessments, what parents need to know and what the ramifications are as a district, the Bugle Newspapers breaks down how assessment fits in with the district’s design for change holding the district, schools and its teachers accountable.
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By Nick Reiher Managing Editor
A divided Will County Board narrowly approved the 2013-14 budget at a Nov. 21 meeting that beforehand seemed like a high school basketball game. Striking Will County union workers took a few hours off from the picket lines they have been walking since Monday to set up a rally just outside and in the gallery of the Will County Boardroom. Although many had left by the time the County Board approved the $500 million total spending plan, their presence was felt in a few of the motions that preceded the tally. Board Member Chuck Maher, R-Naperville, suggested eliminating an $80,000 line item to hire an assistant chief of staff in the county executive’s office. Nick Palmer assumed the main job when Matt Ryan died of cancer three See BUDGET, page 3