Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163

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Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163
Address
242 S Orchard Dr
Park Forest
, Illinois, 60466
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–8 [1]
NCES District ID 1730810 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,494 [1]

Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 (SD163) is a school district headquartered in Park Forest, Illinois. [2] It serves sections of Chicago Heights.

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History

In 2016 the district had over 2,000 students. [3] In 2019 the district had 1,838 students. [4]

In 2019 a board member resigned but then remained on the school board, and there was a political controversy over the board's internal management. [4] In response to a board member using an SD163-issued charge card to pay for $5,000 of expenses, the board passed a policy regulating the cards. [5]

Curriculum

In 2019 SD163 and Chicago Arts Partnership in Education secured a $2.3 million grant to add arts education to the curriculum. [6]

Schools

SD163 decided to have its upper schools focus on particular concepts. [3]

Grades 6-8
Grades 4-5
Grades Kindergarten to 3
Preschool

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Park Forest SD 163". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Home". Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163. Retrieved July 11, 2021. 242 S. Orchard Drive Park Forest, Illinois IL 60466
  3. 1 2 3 Denk, Angela (September 30, 2016). "Park Forest middle school unveils new classrooms, gymnasium". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Slowik, Ted (May 1, 2019). "Southland school district under fire for board vacancy issue: 'I've been part of some shady stuff. This rises to the top.'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ Slowik, Ted (March 26, 2019). "Slowik: School board adopts new policy to address members' use of charge cards". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Houlihan, Patty (March 16, 2019). "$2.3M grant will help incorporate arts into all areas of education in Park Forest, Chicago Heights schools". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 11, 2021.


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