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This morning we offer a heads up for those inclined to turn out Saturday to be part of the No Kings get out the vote events happening nationwide. In our coverage area there will be a protest along Roosevelt Road in Forest Park and also a gathering at the ICE Detention Center in Broadview.
We have two stories out of OPRF.
The school board is about to decide when they will go to voters in a tax referendum to pay for a rebuilt arts facility on the Scoville Avenue campus. While it could be as early as next April, it seems more likely to be pushed into the spring or fall of 2028.
And our Bob Skolnik also reports on the annual discipline recap out of the high school. Interesting to watch as the school parses the data on who is getting into trouble at the school. For instance, OPRF is now focusing on early outreach to students and families who are transferring into OPRF and not coming through D90 or D97.
Think of a hideous ramshackle in Oak Park and I’m betting most thoughts turn to the old Mohr concrete plant on Harlem. And that’s true. Now, though, Oak Park is focusing on an array of so-called nuisance buildings and working to get a handle on where they are and how they can bring property owners to the table. Sydney Lovan covers that story.
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Good week.
Dan Haley
Interim editor
The Lead
Oak Park will crack down on nuisance and vacant properties with ordinance update
Oak Park residents may drive past the abandoned IHOP on North Avenue, the Mohr Concrete facility or hear about health and safety violations at Heritage House and wonder why it takes so long for them to be fixed.
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OPRF wants new arts wing but timing of tax increase vote unclear
The school board will decide whether to ask voters at the April 6 local election to authorize borrowing $84.6 million to go forward with the third stage, called Act 3, of the Imagine plan to redo OPRF.
OPRF focuses on key groups as discipline issues rose last year
Oak Park and River Forest High School continues to address student discipline issues, including the chronic racial disparity in how Black students turn up in the discipline system at numbers greater than the percentage of Black enrollment.
No Kings: Vote Early protests planned around the country
The No Kings movement is back with planned protests nationwide on Saturday, Oct. 17, with a focus on early voting and election education.
Trade Oak Park looks for silver lining after break-in as investigation continues
Early Tuesday morning Trade Oak Park, a trading and sports card store and lounge, owner Matthew Greenwell got the news every business fears: there was a burglary at his store.
Opinion: The boycott question Oak Park isn’t being asked
Voters will soon be asked whether Illinois should repeal its 2015 law.
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