Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board members are set to vote next month on a controversial proposal that would reconfigure and pair up elementary schools into grade level centers, redistrict some areas, and repurpose the popular year-round Ridge Family Center for Learning into a preschool.
Elk Grove Village s most senior trustee, Sam Lissner, announced he won t seek another term, opening up the door to local bakery owner Kathy Jarosch to run for his seat.
With many of its classrooms still unchanged in the six decades since opening as a high school, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 s Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights is undergoing nearly $15 million in renovations. The work will support the district s specialized educational programs and central office staff.
A talented artist who was looking forward to his junior high school graduation and a trip with classmates to Navy Pier, 14-year-old Erick Alfaro was walking with a friend near Des Plaines Wednesday night when his promising life was cut short by a bullet from a passing SUV.