| Armour leaves Fairview with fond memories |
2005-06-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 30, 2005, p. 3 |
Whittaker, Cindy,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Management and organization,
Retirement |
| Fairview looks to hike scores |
2005-01-13 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 13, 2005, p. 6 |
Public School District 72 - Evaluations,
Illinois School Report Card,
Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT),
Fairview South School,
Standardized tests,
Armour, Nelson |
| School districts hold successful referendums |
2004-12-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 30, 2004, p. 6 |
Codell, Neil,
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 73 1/2 - Bond issues and referendum,
Silverman, Robert,
Swartz, Robert,
Knudsen, Tim,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson,
Burnett, Michael Wolf,
Dolinko, Gary,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Bond issues and referendum |
| Township officials hear details on ed reform bill |
2004-12-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 9, 2004, p. 6 |
McGowan, James,
Neighbors for Strong Schools,
Government - Illinois,
Silverman, Robert,
Van Dusen, George,
Armour, Nelson,
Laws and regulations,
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability,
Schools - Finances |
| D219 exits special ed consortium |
2004-11-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 25, 2004, p. 3 |
Codell, Neil,
Kruppe, Amy,
Special education,
Yeggy, Gerry,
Silverman, Robert,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Board,
Niles Township Department of Special Education,
Higgins, Julie,
Armour, Nelson |
| Principal to replace retiring Fairview superintendent |
2004-08-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 26, 2004, p. 6 |
Whittaker, Cindy,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Management and organization |
| D72 budget benefits from tax rate hike |
2004-08-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 19, 2004, p. 3 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| State drops writing, social science tests |
2004-08-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 5, 2004, p. 5 |
Schopp, Jim,
Public School District 69 - Curriculum,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Curriculum,
McTague, Frances,
Public School District 72 - Curriculum,
Nelson, Rebecca,
No Child Left Behind Act,
Public School District 68 - Curriculum,
Armour, Nelson |
| State drops writing, social science tests |
2004-08-05 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, August 5, 2004, p. 5 |
Schopp, Jim,
Public School District 69 - Curriculum,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Curriculum,
McTague, Frances,
Stein, Roger,
Public School District 73 - Curriculum,
Public School District 72 - Curriculum,
Nelson, Rebecca,
No Child Left Behind Act,
Public School District 68 - Curriculum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Local educators see problems with consequences of No Child Left Behind law |
2004-07-22 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 22, 2004, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 72 - Evaluations,
Stein, Roger,
No Child Left Behind Act,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Evaluations,
Armour, Nelson |
| No Child Left Behind legislation forces schools to make changes in teaching methods, coursework |
2004-06-17 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 17, 2004, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Curriculum,
Stein, Roger,
Public School District 72 - Curriculum,
No Child Left Behind Act,
McCarthy, Meredith,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson |
| Area educators share thoughts about No Child Left Behind |
2004-06-03 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 3, 2004, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Education,
Graham, Michael,
No Child Left Behind Act,
Samuelson, Susan,
McCarthy, Meredith,
Fairview South School,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Teachers and personnel,
Greene, Joseph,
Armour, Nelson,
Niles West High School,
Firer, Jennifer,
Niles North High School |
| D72, D69 officials say finances worse than Watch List says |
2004-04-15 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 15, 2004, p. 9 |
Gustafson, James,
Public School District 69 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson,
Illinois State Board of Education |
| Schools stand up to Springfield, but no Life schools participate |
2004-04-01 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 1, 2004, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Schools - Finances,
Budget and expenditures,
Better Funding for Better Schools Coalition,
Bednarz, Karen,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools),
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson |
| Voters OK Fairview District 72 tax hike |
2004-03-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 18, 2004, p. 3 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson,
Excellence for Fairview |
| Voters approve 4 of 5 school districts' tax hike referendums |
2004-03-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 18, 2004, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Bond issues and referendum,
Codell, Neil,
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 73 1/2 - Bond issues and referendum,
Gunther, Vicki,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Dist. 72 OKs teacher contract extension |
2004-03-04 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 4, 2004, p. 5 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Clair, William J.,
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson,
Pine, Sherry,
Public School District 72 - Board |
| D72 lists cuts if referendum fails in March |
2004-02-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 19, 2004, p. 3 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview emphasizes reading and writing |
2004-01-15 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 15, 2004, p. 10 |
Public School District 72 - Evaluations,
Illinois School Report Card,
Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT),
No Child Left Behind Act,
Standardized tests,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview Board debates amount for referendum |
2003-11-20 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 20, 2003, p. 10 |
Clair, William J.,
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview budget draft has $1 million deficit |
2003-08-07 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 7, 2003, p. 8 |
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson |
| Three school districts looking for tax hikes; 2 lose 1 wins |
2003-04-24 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 24, 2003, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Kamm, Marlene,
Public School District 73 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 73 - Bond issues and referendum |
| Fairview tax cut fails, cuts planned |
2003-04-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 3, 2003, p. 3 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Clair, William J.,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| D72 tax hike up to voters |
2003-02-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 6, 2003, p. 7 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview Dist. 72 |
2002-11-14 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 14, 2002, Sec. 1, p. 4 |
Clair, William J.,
Ouska, John,
Barry, Michael,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Board,
Public School District 72 - Board - Elections,
Glasser, Steven |
| Fairview Dist. 72 |
2002-11-07 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 7, 2002, Sec. 1, p. 5 |
Clair, William J.,
Ouska, John,
Pfeiffer, Penny,
Barry, Michael,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Board - Elections,
Glasser, Steven |
| Fairview board looks to April tax hike vote |
2002-10-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 3, 2002, p. 12 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Bond issues and referendum,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview eyes tax hike |
2002-08-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 8, 2002, p. 8 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson |
| Schools address diversity |
2002-05-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 23, 2002, p. 3 |
Powell, Griff E.,
Public School District 69 - Statistics,
Maier, Allan,
Public School District 219 (Niles Township High Schools) - Statistics,
Campbell, Karen,
Multiculturalism,
Public School District 72 - Statistics,
English as a second language (ESL),
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview gifted reading saved from budget cuts |
2002-03-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 21, 2002, p. 11 |
Toni, Yolanda,
Lee, Adeile,
Clair, William J.,
Blumenfeld, Ronald,
Glasser, Arieile,
Inglesby, Eileen,
Bagnall, Adam,
Public School District 72 - Curriculum,
Liese, Lindsey,
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson,
Hammer, Joyce,
School children - Gifted |
| Fairview chief blasts state's revised report |
2001-11-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 22, 2001, p. 12 |
Public School District 72 - Evaluations,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson |
| And who would gladly teach? |
2001-07-12 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 12, 2001, p. 5 |
Loucks, Hazel,
Schoenberg, Jeffrey,
Schools - Teachers and personnel,
Schusteff, David,
Magee, Max,
Thull, Lori,
Armour, Nelson,
Salaries,
Laws and regulations |
| Niles Township consortium fights property-tax appeals |
2001-06-21 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 21, 2001, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Baiocchi, Donna,
Millard, Beth,
Taxation - Property tax,
Orlan, Joshua,
Kersten, Thomas,
ED-RED (Education-Research and Development),
Armour, Nelson,
Property Tax Appeals Cooperative,
Schools - Finances |
| Fairview debates expansion |
2000-10-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 26, 2000, p. 3 |
Renovation and repair,
Public School District 72 - Buildings,
Spitz, Mayta,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson,
Mills, Russell |
| D72, teachers extend contract |
1999-06-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 10, 1999, p. 9 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Fairview Teachers Association,
Vranas, John,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Board,
Contract negotiations |
| Fairview teachers extend contract through 2003 |
1999-06-10 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 10, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Vranas, John,
Armour, Nelson,
Public School District 72 - Board,
Contract negotiations |
| Dist. 72 reviews space-crunch options at Fairview |
1997-10-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 9, 1997, p. 10 |
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview tackles expansion needs |
1997-10-02 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 2, 1997, p. 12 |
Public School District 72 - Buildings,
Armour, Nelson |
| Expansion talks are scheduled in District 72 |
1997-09-25 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 25, 1997, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Ruck/Pate Architecture,
Public School District 72 - Buildings,
Construction,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson |
| D72 tackles space crunch |
1997-05-29 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 29, 1997, p. 14 |
Renovation and repair,
Public School District 72 - Buildings,
Spitz, Mayta,
Fairview South School,
Armour, Nelson |
| Communication is key to District 72 for Armour |
1996-07-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 25, 1996, p. 8 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Armour, Nelson |
| Dist. 72 sets tentative budget |
1996-07-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 25, 1996, p. 8 |
Public School District 72 - Budget and expenditures,
Armour, Nelson |
| Fairview hires new superintendent |
1996-06-13 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 13, 1996, p. 14 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Witt, Pam,
Armour, Nelson |
| Nelson Armour suits up for superintendent job |
1996-06-13 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 13, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Public School District 72 - Teachers and personnel,
Armour, Nelson |
