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The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education has endorsed a plan to hire an additional elementary school special education coordinator.

District 64 board endorses plan to hire additional special education coordinator for elementary schools

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education has endorsed a plan to hire an additional elementary school special education coordinator. District 64 officials told the board that the...

A discussion of the school fees for the 2018-19 school year is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. March 12 at Carpenter School, 300 N. Hamlin Ave., Park Ridge.

District 64 school fees not expected to rise, but fee for sports program could go up

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

Fees for elementary and middle school students in Park Ridge- Niles District 64 would not rise for the 2018-19 academic year under a proposal from district officials. The fees for...

Board members discuss the proposed School District 64 pilot program that would station resource officers at Emerson and Lincoln middle schools.

Resource officers unlikely to be at District 64 middle schools before academic year ends, board says

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

It is unlikely that a pilot program to station police officers at Park Ridge-Niles District 64 middle schools will start before the end of the academic year amid a continuing...

The District 64 Board of Education discusses crowding at Emerson Middle School and Washington Elementary School.

District 64 to ask Carpenter Elementary families if they would attend Lincoln Middle School to ease crowding at Emerson

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education agreed to survey all Carpenter Elementary School families about whether they would consider attending Lincoln Middle School during the 2018-19 school...

Park Ridge Police Chief Frank Kaminiski, second from left, answers questions about the proposed District 64 pilot program that would station resource officers at Emerson and Lincoln middle schools.

‘We have a ways to go’: Effort to place officers at District 64 middle schools stalled amid debate over rules

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Board of Education at its Feb. 20 meeting held off on approving a pilot program that would station police officers at middle schools, agreeing that...

The Elmwood Park Parks and Recreation Center was the site for Fight Night on Feb. 16.

Fight Night: Elmwood Park boxing event draws a crowd and helps pay for community events

May 23, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

There was no sign on 13-year-old Zachary Carter's face that he was anxious as he wrapped his hands with cloth before slipping on his blue boxing gloves. Although the teenager...

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Interim Student Services Director Mike Padavic leads the first meeting of a support group for parents of students with disabilities.

‘We want to help’: Parents seek voice in District 64’s special education programs

May 23, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

Several dozen parents of Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 students who have significant disabilities attended the first meeting of a new support group designed to address concerns about the district's...

GPS tracker in stack of bills helps lead to arrest of Elmwood Park bank robbery suspect, FBI says

May 23, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

A GPS tracker placed inside a stack of bills helped lead to the arrest of a man accused of robbing an Elmwood Park bank on Feb. 6. According to a...

Don’t call it a snow day: Schools closed, but Leyden students participate in ‘e-learning day’ from home

May 10, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

Cheers erupted throughout the halls of East Leyden High School in Franklin Park on Thursday when the principal announced that the school would be closed Friday because of a snowstorm...

Elmwood Park police and the FBI are investigating a bank robbery that took place Tuesday afternoon.

Man arrested in Elmwood Park bank robbery: police

May 23, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

A 28-year-old Chicago man has been arrested in connection with a robbery of an Elmwood Park bank Tuesday afternoon, police said. Elmwood Park police and the FBI are investigating the...

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