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Referendum on horizon for D-112 schools? BY JULY KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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ull-day kindergarten, boundaries, staffing, BY LIBBY ELLIOTT and school closings all DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM factor into the question: Will there be a March 2018 n August 21, Americans referendum in Highland will witness a once-in-aPark and Highwood? lifetime event, last seen Cabinet members shared some of the difficult chal- nearly a century ago. A total lenges in meeting the time- eclipse of the sun, visible from coast to coast, will cast a path of lines at the August 1, North Shore School District 112 “totality” across the United States, resulting in complete darkness Board of Education (BOE) for more than 2 minutes. From meeting. Salem, Oregon, to Charleston, Chief Financial Officer South Carolina, this 70 mileChris Wildman said the two wide, 2,000 mile-long journey most important decisions are will cross towns and cities, when the BOE should go for deserts, forests and national the referendum and when parks. Municipalities and orgaschools should close. nizations near and far are preparWildman is working on financial projection models, ing to host large crowds gathered including an updated full- to experience the epic eclipse. Carbondale, Illinois, a city day kindergarten projection roughly 330 miles from Chicago, with tuition and without has the distinction of being the tuition. location NASA anticipates the Both Wildman and Chief
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From right, 13-year-old Leila Cornyn and her mom, Elissa Cornyn, and Kristin Merrill and her 16-year-old son, Alex Merrill, test the solar glasses they plan to use to view the eclipse on August 21. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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