Proviso District News Today

Tiffany Brooks-Lawrence and her husband of 20 years, Michael Lawrence, had their first date at a White Castle on the West Side in 1998. On Saturday, Brooks-Lawrence celebrated her bridal shower at her favorite restaurant chain in Berwyn.

The question now is, why was the superintendent's contract just renewed at Proviso again for five years?

Many of the campus workers at ISU live in poverty-level conditions, with a starting pay rate barely above $13 per hour, less than that offered at some fast food chains.

District 209 senior students will see no changes to their schedules, but ninth through eleventh graders will be required to make up 10 school days — with their last day of school being moved to June 15.

Minneapolis teachers reached a tentative deal early Friday to end a two-week strike as politics, the pandemic and pay complaints continue to drive demonstrations in California.

A teachers strike in western Cook County drags on with no formal negotiations currently scheduled. Teachers on the picket line in Proviso District 209 say they're ready to be back in class.

A national furor surrounding transgender youth played out in a Texas courtroom Friday.

The teachers, whose schools are located in Cook County, have been on strike over money and class size.

Classrooms were empty and teachers were on the picket line Friday morning in Proviso District 209.