RTA urged to aid West Towns Bus in financial crisis
West Towns Bus seeks help from the Regional Transit Authority amid soaring costs and income losses. Arby Sundstrom says fares cannot cover fuel and wage hikes while the RTA endpoints delay action. Tecson requests written financial reports from 20 bus companies to assess options.
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West Towns Bus Company
Regional Transit Authority
West Towns
Arby Sundstrom
Sundstrom
Joseph Tecson
RTA
West Towns Bus Co
South Suburban Safeway Lines
Suburban Transit System
United Motor Coach
Tecson
District 91 approves new report card system
Forest Park students in grades K 9 will receive a new report card starting November 4. The school board approved the revision after a yearlong committee review of 60 to 100 formats from across the country and a national grading alternatives conference.
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Laurie Lawlor
Forest Park
District 91
Arthur Jones
Enrollment boom at Triton prompts campus expansion plans
Triton College reports a full enrollment of 19 799 enabling a proposed 14 million Center for the Performing Arts funded 75 percent by the state. Meanwhile the Trident paper faces a 60 percent budget cut, reducing eight pages to four as students urge restored funding.
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Triton College
Herbert Zeitlin
Triton Board of Education
Triton
Zeitlin
David Ralston
Trident
Bernard Verwiel
Park District Employees May Pick New Insurance Policy
Four Forest Park Park District employees covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield may switch to a cheaper combined basic and major medical plan offered by Employers Mutual of Iowa. The cost would be about 234.97 for medical and 12.68 for life per month, versus an estimated 320 monthly under the current policy.
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Park District
Forest Park
Park Board
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Mel Schneider
Mutual of Iown Insurance Company
Robert Means
Parks and Recreation
James Sarno
Triton College Board Seeks Candidate to Fill Vacant Seat
Triton College board of education will interview prospective candidates to fill the seat of Ann Brennan on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. The board invites interested Triton district residents to apply for the vacancy, noting the board can appoint any eligible person. Brennan, the college’s only female trustee, said a male replacement would be defensible given the student body composition.
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Triton College
Board of Education
Ann Brennan
the World
Japan
Brennan
Elmore Boeger
Triton
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