Bob Skolnik

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik

The administrator who oversees all things academic at Oak Park and River Forest High School is leaving the school at the end of this school year. Laurie Fiorenza, assistant superintendent for student learning, is resigning effective June 30. Fiorenza has been at OPRF for six years, the last four in the assistant superintendent position, after starting out as the director of student learning. It is not clear if Fiorenza has another job lined up and she has not responded to requests for comment.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik

The rancor of the campaign season was put to bed last week as the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 board installed its new board president and seated its new and returning members. Former president Tom Cofsky departed after swearing in the four winners — two incumbents and two newcomers — in the April 1 election. The newly constituted School Board quickly selected Audrey Williams-Lee by acclimation to be the new board president.

1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik

The write-in campaign of David Schaafsma for a seat on the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Board of Education came up short as Schaafsma ended up 919 votes behind fourth place finisher Josh Gertz in the battle for the fourth seat in the April 1 School Board election. The write-in vote count was posted April 16 on the Cook County Clerk’s election results website.

1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik

A little more than a year after their controversial firing of their previous executive director the Oak Park Library Board has found a replacement. The Library Board voted unanimously March 27 to hire Elsworth Carman to be the new head of the library, replacing Joslyn Bowling Dixon. Carman, 44, is currently the director of Iowa City Public Library.

1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik

Four new members of the Oak Park Public Library Board will be sworn in next month after both incumbents running for reelection lost April 1, according to unofficial election results, a little more than a year after the Library Board voted to fire former executive director Joslyn Bowling Dixon. Library Board President Matt Furth, who has been on the Library Board for 20 years, following in the footsteps of his father, finished last in a field of eight candidates, a stunning rebuke.