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🌱 Patch AM: How will Forest Park families shape the next D91 superintendent?

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Greetings Forest Park! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Forest Park families shape the next D91 superintendent?
  • How a Forest Park garage burglary turned into a risky police chase
  • Will Forest Park declare ICE-free zones around key village buildings?

Also on today's calendar: Getting Out The Vote and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 74 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid with a shower or two, temps: high: 75, low: 65.
  • Friday: Beautiful with periods of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• D91 superintendent search boils down to community alignment (forestparkreview.com) — Forest Park School District 91 is gathering community, staff, and student input as it searches for a new superintendent to start in July 2027. With surveys, focus groups at Forest Park Middle School, and a candidate profile coming this fall, board members stress finding a leader aligned with the town's diverse community, equity focus, and strong local support.
   

• Oak Park residents' vehicles struck by fleeing driver in Forest Park police chase (oakpark.com) — A midday garage burglary on Circle Avenue in Forest Park led to a police pursuit that crossed into Oak Park, where three vehicles were struck and the suspect escaped. Forest Park police say the forcible felony justified the chase, but one hit driver described the experience as terrifying and questioned whether pursuing at high speed through narrow streets was worth the risk.
   

• Forest Parkers call for ICE-free zones, update to welcoming resolution (forestparkreview.com) — Forest Park residents are pressing village leaders to create ICE-free zones in key public buildings and strengthen the town's 2017 welcoming resolution. A petition with more than 180 signatures urges clearer rules, staff training, and limits on data-sharing and license plate readers, as officials weigh what's legally possible in this non-home-rule community.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Maywood

  • Clinicopathologic Features and Diagnostic Challenges of Mycophenolate Mofetil-Associated Enterocolitis in Lung Transplant Recipients (cureus.com)
  • John Prine: The Songwriter Who Could Find a Story in Anybody (959theranch.com)

River Forest

  • OPRF football pounds Proviso West (oakpark.com)
  • O'Hare Flyer gets strong no from River Forest village board (oakpark.com)

Oak Park

Ok Forest Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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