During a regular meeting on July 16, the District 97 Board of Education unanimously approved pay raises for its highest administrator and various categories of temporary, at-will workers.

When she became vice president of sustainability for Brooks Middle School's' PTO last summer, Judy Klem, the parent of a seventh-grader, decided to create a plan that would guide the PTO's environmental initiatives throughout the year. 

LeVar J. Ammons started as OPRF's first executive director of equity and student success in July.

State lawmakers have approved changes to the state's teacher pension system, but so far, it isn't clear how they'll affect teachers at Oak Park and River Forest High School.