New OPTA leader vows openness with board
Mary Flatley, a Lincoln School teacher, will become OPTA president after the May 16 election, running unopposed. She advocates a less adversarial relationship with the Oak Park School Board, while supporting collective bargaining with explored nonconfrontational approaches.
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H.A. Hil
Oak Park Teachers Association
OPTA
Mary Flatley
Lincoln
Flatley
Jerry McEnany
McEnany
Oak Park
Forest Park
District 97
J. Philip O’hara
O'Hara
District 97 weighs new social studies textbooks
A committee recommends adopting Winds On Our World by Houghton Mifflin for K 6 in Oak Park schools, shifting from a knowledge to a values approach. The board will vote May 18, with concerns raised over female role models and nationwide grade levels.
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H.A. Hiland
Mileva Ruvarac
Houghton Mifflin
Oak Park
Martin McCullough
Board of Education
J. Philip O'Hara
Ruvarac
Ruvaraec
Marion Hogenboom
Oak Park 97 District plans five and a half teaching cuts
Oak Park Elementary School District 97 proposes eliminating five and a half teaching positions next year through resignations and attrition. Moves include reducing one fine arts post at Emerson Junior High and trimming Hawthorne math staff by one, with three more classroom positions at Longfellow Irving and Whittier and a half kindergarten at Holmes slated for elimination. The plan aligns with a five year enrollment drop target and could adjust upward if enrollment turns out lower.
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H.A. Hil
Oak Park
Board of Education
Emerson Junior High
Hawthorne
Hawthorne School
Martin McCullough
Longfellow
Irving
Whittier
Orville Woestehoff
Holmes School
Woestehoff
Emerson
McCullough
Oak Park Considers Police Review Panel and Water Rules
Oak Park residents invited to comment on two proposed ordinances by ex-trustee Clifford Osborn. A police review commission would advise the village board and investigate complaints. a water conservation ordinance aims to limit usage with mandated faucet standards. The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission supports regional conservation efforts. details are in the planning division, call 383-6400 for input.
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Oak Park
Police Review Commission
Clifford Osborn
Osborn
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Illiinois
Fred Zinke
Planning Division
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AFT
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IEA
Ella Pappademos
Ronald Lundgren
Jim Harrington
Lincoln School
Brenda Woodfin
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Ing
Village Board of Trustees
Hubert Helfer
Helfer
Connie Bannon
Mann
Usda Choice
USDA
DELI
HAM
Orval
Kent
Sau Algo
N.harlem
Mac-Fab Corp
Oscar Mayer
Canfield's Soda
Milwaukee Beer
Minute Maid
Aarsust
Saree
Cardenine
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