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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 105, No. 52
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Menorah lighting downtown PAGE 7
DECEMBER 21, 2022
D91 plans for STEAM labs at FieldStevenson, Middle School
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Godspeed First United Church bids adieu after 167 years STORY BY TOM HOLMES, PAGE 15
Hope to be up and running by the start of the 2023-24 school year By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
Forest Park’s District 91 school board got a preview of plans for the new Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) labs that will be built in currently underused spaces at Field-Stevenson Intermediate Elementary School and Forest Park Middle School, both at 925 Beloit Ave. Some details are still being worked out – for example, the renderings didn’t show any color schemes because they haven’t been settled on yet – the plans were far enough along for Amy Tiberi, the architect for project design contractor Wight and Company, SARA JANZ/Photographer
See STEAM on page 11
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