Seventeen-year-old Susan Lutzke says her quest to save St. Bede School in Ingleside is about family.
The senior at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein and a 2020 St. Bede graduate has started the.
After news spread that St. Bede School was at risk of closure, a high school senior started an online fundraiser to save her former grade school. The campaign has reached more than a third of its goal within 15 days. At a school board meeting on Dec. 12, three members of the Archdiocese of Chicago told the board and community members the school will close on June 4, 2024 unless $400,000 is .