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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 105, No. 36
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REVIEW SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Forest Park library director to resign in October Library board hopes to find replacement by January 2023
Village clean-up scheduled for Sept. 11 PAGE 9
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By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
Pilar Shaker, the director of the Forest Park Public Library, will resign effective Oct. 28. The decision was publicly announced during a Sept. 1 special meeting of the library board. In a follow-up interview with the Review, Shaker said she was leaving to “pursue other, non-library opportunities” and declined to elaborate any further. She said that, while she would have liked to see the building renovations kicking off this month through, she has confidence that the staff would handle the project smoothly, and that she was equally confident in the board’s ability to choose a successor. During the Sept. 1 meeting, the board discussed the process for doing just that, as well as the process for finding an interim director. They hope to select both the consulting firm and the interim director during the regular, Sept. 19 meeting. The trustees also agreed to form a personal committee to whittle down the pool of candidates to a pool of finalists. The board hopes to find the new director within three months of Shaker’s See LIBRARY on page 11
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