District appoints Santoro Title IX coordinator
The School District 143 board named James Santoro administrative assistant for curriculum as Title IX coordinator. The board also plans a policy study on compliance, with Charles Lindberg leading a review of provisions and implications. The act bans sex discrimination and requires coed PE, equitable scheduling, and opportunity parity across activities and budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
James Santoro
Charles Lindberg
Virginia L. Digman
District 142 Acts on Personnel Questions
Forest Ridge School District 142 board approved hiring Eunice Wolfrum as special education aide at Laramie school and Maureen Malone to replace Kathryn Cassman as PE teacher, with Cassman’s maternity leave starting January 12. Also approved maternity leave for Fileen Clark and Rosemarie Lussow returning from leave next August. The board did not hire Joseph Murphy pending credentials.
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Forest Ridge School District
Board of Education
Eunice Wolfrum
Laramie School
Maureen Malone
Kathryn Cassman
Fileen Clark
Jack Hille School
Rosemarie Lussow
Stop for a Doughnut Ends in Robbery Arrest
Jeffrey Darby nineteen of Tinley Park was arrested in Oak Forest after a Dunkin shop stop led to armed robbery charges. He is accused of taking 260 dollars from Denny’s Tinley Park and may face further charges in a Will County grocery robbery.
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Jeffrey Darby
South Highland Avenue
Tinley Park
159Th Street
Latrobe Avenue
Oak Forest
Richard Beatty
Darby
Denny’s
158Th Street
Harlem Avenue
Orland Park
Will County
Unusual Thefts Reported By Police
Midlothian police investigated three unusual thefts last week. A bubble gum machine was taken from Steak and Flame at 14536 South Crawford Avenue after an anonymous caller claimed responsibility. Heads of four lawn Christmas figures were reported stolen from 14323 South Kostner. Two washing machines at a laundromat at 3654 West 147th Street were damaged, likely pried open with a crow bar and hammer.
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Midlothian
South
Crawford Avenue
South Kostner
West 147Th Street
City Hall To Close For Holidays
The Oak Forest city hall will close for the Christmas holidays at the end of the day Tuesday December 23 and reopen at 9 a.m. Monday December 29. A 24 hour drop box remains available for after hours drop offs during the closure.
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Midlothian Village Hall
Oak Forest
City Hall
AFT Leader Engelbrecht Plans Suit Exit If Settlement Reached
Lester Engelbrecht president of an AFT chapter in Arbor Park School District 145 says he will drop his lawsuit if out of court terms he seeks are settled to his satisfaction. The December article noted he would drop the suit if the district’s countersuit filed in November is withdrawn.
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Lester Engelbrecht
American Federation of Teachers
Arbor Park
Star-Tribune
Dist. 145
Engelbrecht
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Martha Hartnett
Santoro
Joseph Murphy
Robert Crown Health Center
Hinsdale
R.B. Miller Company
Arthur Lange
Kenneth Burkett
St & Crawford
Country Club
BILLS
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le Claire Oak Forest
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MONY
Bradley Uniersity
National Association of Security Dealers
Chartered Life Underwater
Million Dollar Round Table
Mony Hinsdale Assocs
Emmanuel
God
Bob Suhs
Ken Kohn
Aid Association For Lutherans
Appleton, Wis
Fraternalife Insurance
Fee’s Restaurant
Oak Park
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Fresh Idea Company
OAK Drugs
159Th
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Homewood
175Th
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Hazel Crest 183Rd
Kedzie
J. & A. Greenware
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Harry W Yaseen
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