Oak Park And River Forest High School
Recent News About Oak Park And River Forest High School
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Thursday night football: Proviso West Panthers are the only local football team playing today - Sept. 7
This team from the West Cook News coverage area is scheduled to play later today starting at 6 p.m.
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Saturday night football: which local high school football teams are in action today? - Sept. 2
These teams from the West Cook News coverage area are scheduled to play later today starting at 1 p.m.
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Friday night football: where to see the J. Sterling Morton Mustangs and 7 other local football teams play today - Sept. 1
These teams from the West Cook News coverage area are scheduled to play later today starting at 6 p.m.
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Saturday night football: which local high school football teams are in action today? - Aug. 26
These teams from the West Cook News coverage area are scheduled to play later today starting at 1:30 p.m.
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Friday night football: where to see the Walther Christian Broncos and 6 other local football teams play today - Aug. 25
These teams from the West Cook News coverage area are scheduled to play later today starting at 6 p.m.
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Mohanraj to Oak Park River Forest high school graduates: 'Be willing to change everything'
The Oak Park River Forest high school graduation celebration was held on June 4th, with their own district board member Mary Anne Mohanraj giving a speech about how graduates should address life moving forward.
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OPRF: Equal black and white student test scores, not higher student achievement, is "Priority 1"
Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 has replaced the pursuit of its students' academic achievement with a new goal: the equalization of white and black student test scores.
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Oak Park & River Forest High School to hold Black Professionals Day: 'The goal is to provide post-secondary options, pathways, and connections for OPRF students'
Oak Park & River Forest High School will hold Black Professionals Days” Wednesday, Feb. 23
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Oak Park and River Forest High School to implement College Board’s AP African American Studies Curriculum
Oak Park & River Forest High School Superintendent Greg Johnson announced Thursday OPRF will adopt in 2023/2024 an AP African American Studies curriculum just released by the College Board.
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WATCH: OPRF brawl that led to school lockdown
A student brawl at Oak Park and River Forest High School led to a school-wide lockdown this morning, according to emails from the school and a brawl video obtained by West Cook News.
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'Lowering standards to mask failures to educate ‘underprivileged’ students is not the solution': Color Us United
Color Us United, a nonpartisan nonprofit aimed at eliminating discriminatory race-based policies in businesses and academic institutions, responded to Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators announcing they will require teachers in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students. School board members discussed the plan at a meeting on May 26.
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OPRF’s Fiorenza: “racial equity” student grading plan “has nothing to do with race”
The administrator leading Oak Park and River Forest High School’s race-based grading program acknowledges she has created separate criteria for black and white students.
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Bailey: Oak Park and River Forest High School policies represent ‘latest example of 'woke' ideology polluting our schools’
GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey is decrying political messaging from teachers at Oak Park and River Forest High School.
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OPRF to implement race-based grading system in 2022-23 school year
Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators will require teachers next school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students.
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OPRF board unanimously approves more instruction in 2022-23 on racism, gender identity, immigration, social justice issues
Oak Park and River Forest High School students will learn more next year about racism, "gender identity," immigration and social justice issues.
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Women in Leadership student group at Oak Park River Forest High School holding tampon drive
The Oak Park River Forest High School Tampon Drive ends April 8. “Contact your teachers about placing donation boxes in their room and fill out the sheet in classroom,” an Instagram post reads.
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Oak Park Health Chief Chapple: K-12 schools should be closed
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
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
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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Oak Park and River Forest High School reports 21% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Oak Park and River Forest High School rose to 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.