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Analysis: Nine in ten Proviso H.S. 209 students tested are below grade average in math, eight in ten below in reading

By LGIS News Service | Mar 21, 2022

Of Proviso High School District 209 juniors taking the state-mandated Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) last year, 88 percent of students scored below grade level in math, and 83 percent below grade level in reading.

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To justify school masks, Oak Park Health Director Chapple cites Arizona study called "profoundly misleading," "unreliable" and "ridiculous"

By LGIS News Service | Feb 23, 2022

As one of the last holdouts demanding students wear masks in school, Village of Oak Park Health Director Theresa Chapple took to Twitter Wednesday, citing an Arizona study she says supports her pro-mask position.

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River Forest District 90 Board: Legal or not, we're keeping our students in masks

By LGIS News Service | Feb 23, 2022

The River Forest District 90 School Board voted Tuesday night to keep its 1,400 students wearing face masks in school, despite a court order deeming the practice illegal.

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"Do not interrupt!" Facing public criticism on pro-mask policy, Lyons Township School Board President Dillon abruptly ends meeting

By LGIS News Service | Feb 14, 2022

Lyons Township School Board President Kari Dillon ended a public meeting Monday night, after facing criticism 

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River Forest St. Luke's 7th Grade Girls beat Oak Park Ascension for Classic League Championship

By LGIS News Service | Feb 12, 2022

The 7th grade girls of St. Luke's School of River Forest beat Ascension of South Oak Park 18-10 on Saturday to win the Classic League Championship.

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Fenwick H.S. President Peddicord affirms student mask mandate-- from mask-free fundraising weekend at Naples Yacht Club

By LGIS News Service | Feb 7, 2022

Fenwick High School President Richard Peddicord was himself maskless and in Naples, Florida as he informed his 1,200 students he would continue to require them to cover their own faces in class, and to wear masks while playing indoor sports like basketball at the school.

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Oak Park Health Director Chapple email: Schools have discretion on masks

By LGIS News Service | Feb 2, 2022

Village of Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple said state rules governing K-12 schools allow them to individually decide how restrictive to be on masking students.

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River Forest "racial healing" speaker tells whites: stop longing for Mayberry

By LGIS News Service | Jan 24, 2022

Crime, anonymity and discord among neighbors and racial polarization are inevitable and River Forest residents shouldn't "long" for a community without them.

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Oak Park Health Director Chapple: women who have children are "birthing people," not "mothers"

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2022

Village of Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple says females who give birth to children aren't "mothers," but rather should be called "birthing people."

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Oak Park Health Chief Chapple: K-12 schools should be closed

By LGIS News Service | Jan 5, 2022

Village of Oak Park Health Department Director Theresa Chapple-McGruder says she believes K-12 schools should be closed.

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In new book, OPRF H.S. Superintendent Johnson describes "wrestling with the powerful presence of whiteness and white racism" in Oak Park and River Forest

By LGIS News Service | Jan 3, 2022

School Leaders and Sociopolitical and Racial ContextsJohnson previously worked for nine years as an English teacher at Urbana High School in Urbana, Illinois (1997-2006) before being promoted to associate principal (2006) and principal (2010).

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OPRF bans winter sports, extracurriculars, cancels winter concert citing "17 new cases" of COVID-19

By LGIS News Service | Dec 4, 2021

Oak Park & River Forest H.S. has banned all student participation in winter sports and extracurricular activities, citing “17 new COVID-19 cases,” according to school principal Gregory Johnson.

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River Forest school board member: "How much do we want parents determining how kids are educated?"

By LGIS News Service | Nov 19, 2021

A River Forest District 90 Board of Education member Katie Avalos The River Forest District 90 board includes Avalos, Cal Davis, Sarah Eckmann, Barb Hickey, Rich Moore, Nicole Thompson and Stacey Williams. All seven members are democrats.

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Western Springs Junior High "social justice" club encourages students to discuss parent issues with teachers

By LGIS News Service | Nov 17, 2021

McClure Junior High in Western Springs is encouraging its seventh and eighth grade students to confide in teachers to "discuss topics" of "concern"-- including their parents.

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Lyons Township H.S. teachers to participate in Black Lives Matter book study group

By LGIS News Service | Nov 10, 2021

Teachers at Lyons Township High School will participate in a book study organized by a Black Lives Matter group, "Teaching for Black Lives."

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Oak Park District 97: Yes, we are teaching the 1619 Project and “critical race theory” to 7th and 8th graders

By LGIS News Service | Nov 10, 2021

Oak Park Elementary District 97 is teaching students so-called “critical race theory,” which argues that racism is to blame for differences in racial group performance, such as lower test scores by black students, or higher violent crime rates for blacks than whites.

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Fenwick, Nazareth, St. Patrick advance to IHSA football quarterfinals

By LGIS News Service | Nov 9, 2021

Of the 64 teams advancing to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) quarterfinals next weekend, three are from West Cook County.

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OPRF school board votes unanimously, 7-0, to ban honors classes

By LGIS News Service | Oct 29, 2021

Oak Park and River Forest High School freshmen will no longer have the option to take honors classes in history, foreign languages, English or science.The high school board voted 7-0 to ban honors classes

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Ahead of honors ban vote, OPRF school board ponders how to measure its impact

By LGIS News Service | Oct 28, 2021

Oak Park and River Forest High School Director of Student Learning Laurie Fiorenza says she’s certain that her plan to ban freshman honors classes will be successful, if she isn’t quite sure yet how she’ll prove it.

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Rep. Hernandez supported removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes

By LGIS News Service | Oct 28, 2021

Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-Cicero) voted in favor legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.