🌱 Patch AM: How do Oak Park teachers’ attendance rates stack up statewide?

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In today's newsletter:

• How do Oak Park teachers' attendance rates stack up statewide?

Also on today's calendar: Free Community Shred Event and Food Drive Sponsored by BHHS Chicago and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 72 degrees.
• Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
• Thursday: Sunny; pleasant, less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2024-25: Teacher attendance rate in Tri-City Community Unit School District 1 rose to 88.5% (sangamonsun.com) — State education data shows Oak Park Elementary District 97 with a strong 99.2% teacher attendance rate and Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 at 55.3%, alongside hundreds of other Illinois districts. The report also notes statewide trends in teacher vacancies, retention, and enrollment that frame how Oak Park's schools compare to the rest of Illinois.
   

📸 Around Oak Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Free Community Shred Event and Food Drive Sponsored by BHHS Chicago →
  7551 Quick Ave, River Forest
  9:00 am
• Fall Acting Workshop Intensive →
  LATTE Theater (Conservatory for Young Adult Creatives), 9008 Fairview Ave, Brookfield
  9:45 am
Saturday September 19
• Mint Cannabis Forest Park Grand Opening Celebration →
  7207 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Board Meeting
  Oak Park ESD 97 Oak Park, IL 60302
  7:00 pm
• September Hephzibah Auxiliary Board Meeting
  Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• The Writing Room A 4-Week Workshop for People Who've Been Meaning to Write →
  Oak Park IL
  9:30 am
• Plant Help Desk →
  Oak Park Conservatory, 615 Garfield, Oak Park
  1:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Fenwick High School Scholarship Fair →
  Fenwick High School, 505 Washington Blvd, Oak Park
  10:00 am
• Dinner + a Show with Comedian Jeanie Doogan →
  Salerno's Pizza & Pasta of Oak Park, 7128 Roosevelt Rd, Oak Park
  7:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Automotive Basics: A Beginner-Friendly Class →
  240 S Oak Park Ave, Oak Park
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Ceremony Comes to Chicago! →
  Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
  9:00 am
• U.S. History at 250 →
  Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St., Oak Park
  3:00 pm

📣 Oak Park Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Oak Park PatchAM possible:

• Cathy Yanda | Baird & Warner | Oak Park & River Forest — (773) 315-7005
• Art Studio 928 - Oak Park, IL — (312) 371-9526
• Oak Park Conservatory — (708) 725-2400
• RowCal - Arlington Heights — (630) 296-9991
• British International School of Chicago, South Loop — (773) 312-3956
• Nickola Wells — 7736422454
• Cathy Yanda | Baird & Warner | Oak Park & River Forest — (773) 315-7005

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• They have the best thick bacon.
  Watch for a sale. And their Coho salmon. And their grass fed ground beef. (Nextdoor Lindberg Park)

• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Retail Sales and Store Support in River Forest. Apply here.
• U.S. Bank posted a job opening for Small Business Relationship Banker - Greater Chicago area in Berwyn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

River Forest

• 8 former Cor Jesu Academy athletes on college rosters for week ending Sept. 6 (stlouisreporter.com)

Forest Park

• Mint Cannabis Agent in Charge - Forest Park in Forest Park, IL (syracuse.com)

Ok Oak 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: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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