Forest Park School Advisory Council survey yields limited enrollment rise
Survey of 1002 Forest Park residents including 276 students indicates no substantial enrollment increase expected in five years. Major issues cited are discipline and drug abuse. Council proposes Field-Stevenson classroom ratio cap, redraw Betsy Ross and Madison Street boundaries, and potential reassignment of new south side students without extra funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board Advisory Council
Triton College
Forest Park
Advisory Council
Board of Education
Betsy Ross School
Betsy Ross
Field-Stevenson
Madison Street
Grant-White School
Village Forest Park joins family services center through state grant
Forest Park receives a one year state grant to join the Family Services and Mental Health Center of Oak Park and River Forest. The grant funds a full time officer and allows 24 hour access to police and consulting psychologists through the LET program at the Family Services Center.
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Forest Park
Family Services
Oak Park
River Forest
Howard Mohr
Ilinois Law Enforcement Commission
Chicago-Cook County Commission On Criminal Justice
William F. Way
Family Service Center
N. Marton
LET
Family Services Center
Two Great Minds Theory In Forest Park Editorial
The editorial endorses cul de sacs on Adams Street Hartem Fillmore Harlem and dead ending 13th 14th and 15th Streets at Harlem. It praises Mayor Mohr for foresight in postal facility plans and urges area residents to attend the August 21 open meeting to discuss the proposal and its impact.
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Adams Street
Hartem
Fillmore
Harlem
Forest Park
13Th
14Th
15Th
Mohr
Ordnance Plant
Suspected Stabber Captured in Downtown Chase
Officer Gary Leisten helped arrest Jerome Farrell, 34, of Downers Grove, wanted for allegedly stabbing two people with an ice pick. Farrell was captured at 14th and Hannah after driving his getaway car off an embankment near a postal facility site. He faces Attempted Murder and Aggravated Battery charges and will appear in Oak Park Court on August 17 with a $50,000 bond.
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Gary Leisten
Cicero
Oak Park
Leisten
Hannah
Jerome Farrell
Downers Grove
Berwyn
14Th
Harlem
Lelsten
Farrell
Lell
Oak Park Court
Forest Park Considers Closing Three Streets at Harlem
Forest Park Village Council plans to close 13th 14th and 15th Streets at Harlem Avenue to calm traffic and protect privacy. Mayor Mohr cites cul de sacs curb install and new lighting with storm sewers and shrub barriers. A public meeting is scheduled August 21 at Village Hall for residents to ask questions.
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Forest Park
15Th
Harlem Avenue
Howard Mohr
Mohr
Vila Roosevelt Road
16Th Street
Harlem
16Th
Roosevelt
Postal Service
Betsy Ross
Forest Park Traffic Fines Share for June 1973
Forest Park received $5 383 as its share of traffic fines in June from the Circuit Court for the 4th Municipal District. The first six months total reached $27 895, down $1 000 from a year earlier. Berwyn and Oak Park reported $7 761 and $37 769 respectively. Forest Park Park District collected $125 in June fines.
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Forest Park
Berwyn
Oak Park
Park District
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Leroy Sably
Jack Conklin
Ona Stover
Joy Schreicher
Charles E. Marinier
Catherine Buckley
Raymond Dalton
Fred Marunde
Donald Stover
Walter Rippa
Chester Witt
Eugene Gallina
David Horvath
Frank Licitra
Del
Village
Family Service
Ponder
South Side
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