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This is the house I grew up in. this house was not my original house that I grew up in but it's the only one I remember because we moved when I was 4 months old. The original house I grew up in was a small house in Westmont that was in a lower class neighborhood but this neighborhood now is a middle to upper class area.

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335 Meadow Ct, Willowbrook, IL 60527 | Zillow

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Zestimate® Home Value: $477,800. 335 Meadow Ct, Willowbrook, IL is a single family home that contains 2,800 sq ft and was built in 1972. It contains 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this house is $477,800, which has increased by $16,871 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for t…

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Darien is one middle to upper class area with many nice homes but also may have some older homes as well. in 2019 the median household income was around $90,000. the population of Darien is about 21,000 people which is a lot for a small town.

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I am a freshmen at Hinsdale South high school. the average grade for Hinsdale south is A. our school is very smart in all subjects which has been the case for many years.

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My family has always been strong but that doesn't mean my parents or grandparents are strict. my parents at a young age taught me to always be respectful and always help people if they need it. power comes from everyone in the family because me and my brother always help around the house and clean the yard and everything.

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Hinsdale south has lack in power and authority. this is the case because there are a lot of fights and even though the security guards are there they still don't do a lot. In general i feel safe in my school bu some people that might be newer might feel different.

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What's behind these apparently contradictory headlines?
Comparing data in the articles
The Patch article on March 18 looked at police reports of fighting at Hinsdale South for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to date. According to the police statistics, reports of fights at the school declined from 23 in 2009 to 11 in 2010. As of March 15, there had been three reports of fights at the school in 2011.

The case that fighting was on the decline at the school was bolstered by data presented at the District 86 School Board meeting on March 21. According to Hinsdale South Principal Brian Waterman, there were 75 suspensions for fighting at the school in the 2006-07 school year. There were 63 the following school year and 32 in 2008-09. The 2008-09 figure represents the lowest number of suspensions in the past decade.

In 2009-10, there were 47 suspensions for fighting, but just 16 to date for the 2010-11 school year. With the school year well over half complete, Hinsdale South is on a pace to record the fewest number of suspensions for fighting in the past 10 years.

The Suburban Life article on March 25 reported that police reports of fighting at Hinsdale South rose from six in the 2007-08 school year to 16 the following year and 21 in 2009-10.

The Suburban Life article examined police statistics broken down by school year. Thus, the last complete data set used ended in June 2010. The Patch article used calendar years to gain a more recent complete data set, ending on Dec. 31, 2010. Comparing these data sets suggests that fighting problems at Hinsdale South may have been on the rise through Dec. 31, 2009, but has been on the decline since then.

The Doings article on March 27 used the data presented by Waterman at the March 21 school board meeting and corresponding data requested from Hinsdale Central High School. It did not examine police statistics.

Both the police statistics and school data show Hinsdale Central with fewer reports of fighting over the past two years, so for simplicity's sake, the rest of this article will focus solely on Hinsdale South and how it compares to similar schools.
How prevalent is fighting in high schools?
Patch.com contacted police departments in several area communities and asked them to provide data on the number of police reports of fighting they investigated for the high schools in their jurisdiction in 2009 and 2010. Data was provided for four neighboring high schools. Police agreed to provide the data on the surrounding schools on the condition that the schools would not be mentioned by name.

According to Darien police statistics, there were 23 reports of fighting at Hinsdale South in 2009. This was more than any of the other police departments reported for the same year for their high schools. However, the 10 reports of fighting at Hinsdale South for 2010 would have placed the school in the middle of the pack for that year.

The lowest number of fight reports for a neighboring school in one of these years was four and the highest was 20.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlanta, conduct an annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) study. The most recent data available is for 2009, released in June of last year.

The 2009 survey found that, nationally, 11.1 percent of high school students had been in a fight on school property at least once in the previous 12 months. Based on Hinsdale South's 2009 enrollment, this percentage would equal 202 students. The number of discipline referrals for fighting at the school does not come close to equaling this figure for either the 2008-09 school year (32) or the 2009-10 school year (47).

In Illinois, 11.5 percent of high school students surveyed in 2009 reported they had been in a fight on school property in the previous 12 months, slightly higher than the national average. The data has a confidence interval of 9.9 percent to 13.3 percent. For Hinsdale South to equal even the low end of this range would have required 181 students to have been involved in fights in the prior 12 months.

The Illinois figures, of course, include Chicago. The 2009 CDC data for Chicago, specifically, shows 20.6 percent of students attending high school in the city had been in a fight on school grounds in the previous 12 months.

The CDC website does not provide a data set for Illinois which excludes Chicago. However, since Chicago represents approximately 20 percent of the state population, it's reasonable to assume that about one-fifth of the sample was from Chicago. If this were the case, the percentage of Illinois students outside of Chicago who had been in a fight in the previous 12 months would be about 7.5 percent. For Hinsdale South to match this even lower percentage, 137 students would have needed to report they had been in a fight in the previous 12 months.
How often do fights occur?
The debate among school board candidates over fighting began with comments made by a school board member whose seat is not up for election this year. At the March 7 school board meeting, Dianne Barrett said fighting was occurring at Hinsdale South "on an almost daily or weekly basis."

At a candidates forum three days later, Claudia Manley and Bruce Davidson both insisted that fighting at the school was a problem. Manley said incidents of fighting were "frequent" and "repeated."

"It is not small," she said. "It is not insignificant."

"There is a problem there," Davidson said. "It needs to be addressed."

To make suspensions for fighting equal a fight for every day school is in session would require a figure of about 360. School is in session about 39 weeks a year, so about 78 suspensions would be needed to equal a fight a week. The highest number of suspensions for fighting in the past decade was 81, recorded during the 2003-04 school year. As noted previously, the past two school years combined totaled 79 suspensions.
Conclusions
The available data suggests that the problem of fighting at Hinsdale South is not worse than one would expect for an Illinois high school outside the city of Chicago and that the problem is not growing worse. The same can be said for Hinsdale Central, which the most recent data suggests has less of a problem with fighting than similar schools in the area.

Note: Dennis Jacobs is no stranger to data analysis, having previously worked as an analyst for marketing research firms in Iowa and Missouri. His job included making recommendations to clients that included Fortune 500 companies based on his analysis of data using sophisticated statistical software. He also worked with a mathematics professor from Stanford University to develop survey questions designed to produce the most valuable statistical information possible.

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Fighting in District 86 Schools: A Look Behind the Headlines

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What's behind these apparently contradictory headlines? Comparing data in the articles The Patch article on March 18 looked at police reports of fighting at Hinsdale South for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to date. According to the police statistics, reports of fights at the school declined from 23 in 2009 to 11 in 2010.

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Illinois government power is way to high and it doesn't let citizens speak for themselves. the government during COVID-19 didn't know what to do and they didn't fight for the mask policy to be gone. many people wanted the mask to be gone in Illinois but we ended up being one of the last states to take down the mask policy.

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Pigtailed 7-year-old Jaelyn Lozano was still wearing her space-themed mask Monday as she joined a stream of kids running out of Lions Park Elementary in north suburban Mt. Prospect at the end of the day. Her grandmother Gina Lozano said Jaelyn worried she might be bullied for wearing a mask to school.

"The reason why this [pandemic] is still going on is for people who are refusing to wear masks," Lozano said. "It's scary."

But there was no bullying. Many of Jaelyn's classmates continued to wear masks even though they are no longer required by the Mt. Prospect School District 57, which has gone mask optional in light of a court ruling last week that affects about 170 districts. Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow issued a temporary restraining order that put a halt on the state's mask mandate in schools, as well as some other COVID-19 mitigation measures.

School districts are taking different approaches to the temporary restraining order, leading to a mix of relief, confusion, fear and ongoing disagreements for teachers, administrators, parents and kids.

In Barrington, some students said they felt peer pressured to take off their masks. Jackie Zagrans said her middle school daughter felt so anxious about her health and about bullies, she left school early. Zagrans said her daughter told her one boy was pulling masks off some of the younger students.

"There were threats made," she said. "There was a great deal of ugliness in the hallways, in the classrooms and at the lunch table."

Zagrans said as the legal process plays out, she hopes the district makes a better plan to handle these situations. She's also concerned this could mark an increase in COVID infections.

Another Barrington mother, Marsha McClary, said her kids had no problems at school. They were happy to go without masks, and they said it wasn't tense between kids who wore masks and those who didn't. She said kids have been missing out on social cues wearing masks all day.

"There's just a lot of dimensions of their life that, when you can't see how someone's really reacting to something you say, that's a much bigger deal than I think a lot of people realized," she said.

McClary said it would be unfortunate if kids had to go back to wearing masks while the legal challenge continues. She said kids aren't as affected by the coronavirus as other groups.

"No matter what happens with the legal system, we are going to continue to advocate for these kids who don't have as much of a voice as the parents do," she said.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed an appeal with the 4th District State Appellate Court in Springfield on Monday and a motion to stop Friday's temporary restraining order. A ruling from the appellate court is expected by next week.

In the appeal, Raoul argued that Springfield-based Judge Grischow fundamentally misread the law. He argued that the governor has the authority to issue mandates during a public health emergency and that no due process rights were violated, contrary to what the judge found. Raoul also said she failed to consider the harm to student learning and the public health risks caused by her order.

As the legal fight plays out, an elementary teacher in suburban Wheaton said she doesn't agree with her district choosing to go mask optional knowing there could be yet another legal maneuver to bring back the mask mandate.

"Going back and forth is confusing for kids," she said.

The teacher spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from community members around what she said has been a contentious issue. She said all the kids in her class wore masks today, but it was more mixed in other classrooms, including among faculty. She was told teachers shouldn't tell kids to put their masks back on even if they came to school wearing one.

"We're not supposed to be policing that," she said. "They take it off, they take it off. I'm a little uncomfortable with that."

She said January was rough with many kids and staff out with COVID. She worries what the coming days will bring if fewer people wear masks in the building.

In U-46 in Elgin, the district is still requiring masks, except for some students who are part of the lawsuit. Superintendent Tony Sanders said most students and staff came to school masked. He said some parents pulled their kids from school when they weren't allowed to be in class without a mask.

Sanders said school districts need to do what's best for their community. He said in his area, COVID cases have been declining, but not enough to go maskless.

"We are getting so close with our mitigation strategies in place, with vaccinations becoming available, that within hopefully weeks or a few months, we'll be back in a place that's much more normal," he said. "That may include less mitigation strategies, including perhaps masks optional."

A few districts like Hinsdale District 181 canceled in-person classes Monday as they sought to adjust policies in light of the ruling. At a special school board meeting Monday night, members decided to return to in-person learning on Tuesday and temporarily suspend enforcing the mask mandate. Staff will still be required to wear masks and students will be strongly encouraged to do so.

Susie An covers education for WBEZ. Follow her on Twitter @WBEZeducation and @soosieon.

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Families brace for whiplash as Illinois' school mask fight continues in court

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Pigtailed 7-year-old Jaelyn Lozano was still wearing her space-themed mask Monday as she joined a stream of kids running out of Lions Park Elementary in north suburban Mt. Prospect at the end of the day. Her grandmother Gina Lozano said Jaelyn worried she might be bullied for wearing a mask to school.

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My family is very catholic and so we used to go to church but ever since we started a lot of sports we had to stop going because we were too busy. I made my communion but I haven't made my confirmation yet but I will later on.

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Coming from an Italian family we are all religious in some type of way but what i learned form my parents and other people that are older is that your always going to believe in god because he made you. my whole family and grandparents all wear chains that have a cross on them.

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There are many things that can persuade people to do certain things on the internet such as political ads. many people have different beliefs on politics or many have different beliefs in god or their religion but the media ruins a lot of it. most media about politics or ethical beliefs are fake but they are trying to get a point thru that they are right. I never listen to the media for anything that evolves my religion and thoughts on other people because they are always one sided and super biased. you can never listen to a single story.

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Since i'm only 15 I don't care about politics and personally in general I hate it. to much political adds and stupid fights over someone who can be our president. my parents and family member come from a bad childhood where they didn't live with a lot of money but they stemmed from that and went to school and now are doing very well, even though my parents are well off we aren't biased about who we pick for president, my parents just pick who is best and who they think will benefit. my other family member on my dads side are very different and my moms side are also different because they are both one sided and have been there whole life.

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My religion throughout my family and my cousins and everything is all the same. we all believe in god and we are all either catholic or christian. most Italian family's I know are mostly religious. all my family members were crosses around our necks that have god on them because that is how we grew up and all my family members from my moms side and dads side all wear them as well.

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"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

- Albert Einstein

This quote from Albert Einstein shows that technology might not be the best but also might lead us to a new path of greatness.

"The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself."

- Bill Gates

This Quote from Bill Gates is a very accurate description of what your goals should be. before you feel good about yourself, keep working hard because it might benefit you long term. this also states that never give up on your dreams because if you truly like something then go for it.

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This TED talk explains how technology is good or bad for human society right now.

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How technology moves society - not politics: Lasse Birk Olesen at TEDxCopenhagen 2012

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Culture is a huge huge category in my family's history and my family. We are very Italian so our culture is filled with a lot such as religion and food. not only is our culture based on food but we also dress classy and always wear a chain with a medallion, cross, or Italian horn.

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Our number one cultural characteristic is our food. My family cooks pasta about 3 times a week we have pizza about one time a week. we have a pizza oven in our backyard so in the summer we make our own pizzas and when we have special events my grandma makes her own pasta. Obviously since we are Italian we are all small and that just runs in our family. most true Italian families are small and that is another characteristic of being Italian.