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This story is part of a nationwide Patch series examining the economy's affect on local schools.
The Winnetka and Glencoe public schools are in an enviable position compared to many districts around the state, which have emptied their bank accounts and laid off hundreds of teachers to make up for lost and late state funding. Here, three of four school districts – 35, 36, and 203 – have passed balanced budgets and have healthy reserves. Each district reports belt-tightening and cost-saving measures away from the classroom, but class sizes remain low and, in some cases, new academic enhancements and extra-curricular progams are being added. Sunset Ridge School District 29 passed a budget …

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