🌱 Patch AM: How do Chicago Heights teacher salaries stack up to administrators?

What's up Chicago Heights! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How do Chicago Heights teacher salaries stack up to administrators?
• Why did regulators previously shut down a Chicago Heights crematorium?

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Comfortable with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 61.
• Thursday: Humid with a shower possible, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2024-25: Average administrator salary was 101.5% higher than teacher salary in Chicago Heights School District 170 (southcooknews.com) — Chicago Heights School District 170 administrators earned an average of $122,927 in 2024-25, more than double the district's average teacher salary of $61,020. The report, based on Illinois State Board of Education data, also notes statewide trends in salary growth, teacher retention, and shrinking vacancy rates that frame how local pay compares.
   

• Maggots, rodent infestation among state findings at South Deering funeral home (nbcchicago.com) — State investigators uncovered severe mishandling of remains at a South Deering funeral home, prompting license suspensions and calls for tighter industry oversight. For Chicago Heights residents, the story echoes earlier state action that closed a local crematorium tied to the same operators, raising broader questions about funeral and cremation safeguards.
   

📸 Around Chicago Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chicago Heights

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Tuesday August 25
• Late Start - 9:50 a.m.
  BLOOM TWP HSD 206 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
  7:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Teacher Institute Day
  Flossmoor SD 161 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
• Chalk the Walk
  Flossmoor SD 161 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
  4:00 pm
• Open House - All Schools
  Dist 206 Alternative High School Chicago Heights, IL 60411
  5:00 pm
• Free Wednesday Open Mic Comedy at Comedy Plex →
  Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce 1128 Lake Street (Lower Level) Oak Park, Il 60301
  8:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• First Day of School
  Flossmoor SD 161 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
• Solo Entrepreneurs | Affinity Group Meeting
  Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301 Parking is available.
  10:00 am
• Sweat, Talk, And Rise Up fitness classes
  Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce Yoga Lofts Studios at 115 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• Early Student Dismissal
  Brookwood SD 167 Brookwood 167, 201 Glenwood-Dyer Rd, Glenwood, IL, 60425, United States
  2:00 pm
• Social Hour →
  Flossmoor Social, 1040 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor
  3:00 pm
• Softball At Illinois Lutheran (Heritage Park)
  Crete-Monee Middle School Crete, IL 60417
  4:15 pm
• Open House/Curriculum Night | BJHS
  Brookwood SD 167 Brookwood Junior High School, 201 Glenwood-Lansing Road, Glenwood, IL, 60425, United States
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Rainbow Shops posted a job opening for Junior Assistant Manager in Chicago Heights. Apply here.
• The Cleaning Authority posted a job opening for Housekeeper / House Cleaner in Hazel Crest. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chicago Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Flossmoor

• Victims are believed to be tied to Flossmoor shooting (hfchronicle.com)
• Becoming Mr. Badger: Wisconsin linebacker Mason Posa ready to lead from the front (lacrossetribune.com)

Lansing

• Corrected: Lansing Library Board meeting includes support for fully certified school librarians (thelansingjournal.org)
• Seen Around Lansing: New beginnings (thelansingjournal.org)
• Video: Lansing Village Board celebrates officer promotions, discusses water agreement at Aug. 18 meeting (thelansingjournal.org)

Oak Forest

• Oak Forest Residents Confounded By Departure Of Taxpayer Advocate As Appeal Deadline Nears (patch.com)

Ok Chicago Heights! 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: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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