Decline of Foreign Language Studies At Oak Park River Forest High
The article examines a national and local trend of falling foreign language enrollment in U S education. It notes Latin’s unusual rise at Oak Park River Forest High while Spanish French and German remain most popular, and discusses factors driving declines in language study and shifts toward English and other subjects.
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Habla Espanol
Oak Park River Forest High School
Robert Jensen
Jensen
Oprfhs
District 97 minority enrollment climbs then slows
A study by John Houde shows District 97 minority enrollment rose nearly 5 percent from 1972 to 1973 but has since slowed. Data cover 1969 through 1975 with sharp increases at Hawthorne Longfellow and Beye, Emerson, Hatch and others as reorganization looms.
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Oak Park
John Houde
University of Illinois
Houde
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
University of Illinois Chicago Circle
Vards
Schoool
Hawthorne
Longfellow
Beye
Emerson School
Hatch School
District 97 Plans Revision of Title VII Grant Application
District 97 planning director John Belletini will meet with the state education office to polish the Title VII desegregation grant application for 178000 dollars. An EEO hearing will decide eligibility after district and Emerson School principal Virgil Frye appealed a prior refusal. Hawthorne School exceeded state minority caps, affecting eligibility.
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John Belletini
District 97
State Office of Education
Belletini
Federal
Equal Education Office
EEO
Virgil Frye
Emerson
Washington, D.C
Frye
Hawthorne
Joseph Cronin
District 97 Custodial Staff Win 6 Percent Pay Raise
The District 97 custodial and maintenance staff approved a 6 percent pay raise for next year raising top custodial pay to 11142 and top maintenance pay to 13787. The increase costs the district an extra 35000 and was negotiated by SEIU Local 11 representatives and district staff with Mejdrich as chief negotiator. The final settlement awaits school board approval at the July 19 meeting.
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Jerry Mejdrich
Service Employees Union Local 11
Afl-Cio
Mejdrich
Board of Education
OPTA Withdraws Grievance Over Unposted Principal Vacancy
The Oak Park Teachers Association plans to drop a grievance seeking 20500 in compensation for the district's failure to post the Longfellow School principal vacancy. A future posting duty and an administrative settlement are proposed as conditions, pending board attorney notification.
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Oak Park Teachers Association
OPTA
Jerry McEnany
American Arbitration Association
Chicago
McEnany
Longfellow School
Marguerite Bloch
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