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The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Elementary Learning Foundation will host a 1970s-themed casino night Jan. 27.

District 64 prepares for Casino Saturday Night Fever event

May 23, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Elementary Learning Foundation will host a 1970s-themed casino night Jan. 27 to raise money for "innovative and imaginative" education programs. Casino Saturday Night Fever will...

Two students were ordered to leave Oak Park School District 97 schools last month after officials determined they did not live within the school district's boundaries.

Non-residency results in two student removals from Oak Park District 97 schools

May 8, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

Two students were ordered to leave Oak Park School District 97 schools last month after officials determined they did not live within the school district's boundaries. The District 97 board...

FBI, police seek suspect in Norridge bank robbery

May 9, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

The FBI on Thursday afternoon released a bank surveillance photo showing a man suspected of robbing a bank in Norridge. The robbery took place at approximately 12:30 p.m. at the...

The Oak Park School District 97 Board of Education unanimously agreed to expand its Summer Launch program after officials said participants in the 2017 program demonstrated growth in math and reading.

Oak Park District 97 to expand its Summer Launch program

May 8, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

The Oak Park School District 97 Board of Education unanimously agreed to expand its Summer Launch program after officials said participants in the 2017 program demonstrated growth in math and...

Board member Rob Breymaier, second from left, discusses the need for Oak Park District 97 to have a policy designed to eliminate racism, which he said was the "defining" issue of the district and country.

Oak Park District 97 board works on equity policy aimed at eliminating bias and racism

May 8, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

Declaring that achievement and opportunity "gaps between white students and students of color are unacceptable" in Oak Park School District 97, a new policy under consideration by the school board...

District 64 Board Vice President Rick Biagi, center, listens as Board President Anthony Borrelli discusses the rules that would govern school resource offices in District 64 middle schools.

Second law firm to evaluate rules for officers set to be stationed at District 64 middle schools

May 23, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 school board members have asked a second law firm to review and revise the rules that will govern the uniformed officers set to be stationed part-time...

Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Alicia Evans, left, details the plan to raise Oak Park School District 97's estimated property tax levy while using a surplus from the referendum to pay down debt at the school board's Dec. 19 meeting.

Oak Park District 97 approves tax levy request, will plan to pay down debt with referendum surplus

May 8, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

Oak Park School District 97 board members have approved an estimated 2017 property tax levy that is 3 percent more than last year's tax extension, but officials said property owners...

Norridge uses state funds, rebates to update streetlights with LED bulbs

May 9, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Norridge officials used state grant funds and rebates to install new high-efficiency streetlights across the village during the past year. Approximately 200 of the whiter, crisper Light Emitting Diode bulbs...

Norridge resident Mary Walsh speaks at Wednesday's Norridge Village Board meeting. She said she was disappointed in the board's decision to permit the gun sales at a store in the village.

Norridge hardware store gets OK to sell handguns, rifles in new sporting goods department

May 9, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

The owners of a Norridge hardware store got the green light from the Norridge Village Board on Wednesday to sell as many as 90 handguns and 90 rifles. The Ace...

Parent Miki Tesija urges the Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board to work to improve the district's special education policy.

Park Ridge-Niles district decides against having students with disabilities start middle school early

May 23, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 students who have significant disabilities will not start middle school one year early after an outcry by parents who said it would undo years of...

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