Check who made the 2008-09 second quarter honor roll at Lincoln Middle School

Check out who made the first 2008-09 first semester honor roll at Morton West High School.

Residents signed up for Berwyn’s Citizen’s Police Academy begin their 12-week course Wednesday.

1 Foreclosure crisis hits Berwyn, big time

More than 900 properties in Berwyn were in foreclosure by the end of 2008. It was an unprecedented percentage of foreclosed-on buildings, most of which were residential properties. More than 5 percent of the “City of Homes” housing stock was in foreclosure, in part because of adjustable-rate mortgages, mass layoffs from small and mega businesses, and skyrocketing prices on gasoline and consumer products.

Classes are set to resume Monday, Jan. 5, for students, administrators and staff in Morton J. Sterling School District 201 after a two-week winter break.

Two public forums are scheduled for this month in the search for Morton J. Sterling School District 201’s next full-time superintendent.

South Berwyn School District 100 board members have scheduled a public hearing for 6:50 p.m. Wednesday for the 2008 tax levy.

Check who made the 2008-09 first quarter honor roll at Prairie Oak School in Berwyn.

Check out who made the 2008-09 first quarter honor roll at Morton West High School in Berwyn.

In the end, Joanne Zendol really did not mind being the subject of “one of the best kept secrets” in south Berwyn.

On the surface, Clyde Senters’ job seems to have little in common with his former professional passion.

It was in rapt attention that Arlene Woodard sat, perched on a wooden library chair, as images of colorfully dressed African men, women and children swam before her eyes.

Staff and administrators in South Berwyn School District 100 are joining those from districts across the state Saturday, Nov. 15, to thank elected officials on School Board Members Day in Illinois.

The chestnut-colored braid snaked down Gladyss Antillon’s back, shining in the light as she hesitantly perched on a stool.

With Illinois school report card results in, youth in the Berwyn and Cicero regions made some gains, but also experienced some striking dips, in test performance.