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Vol. 41, No. 14
April 15, 2026
ANGELA DOLEZAL
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Volunteers cleaning up Salt Creek this weekend Join the Salt Creek Watershed Network on Saturday morning By STELLA BROWN
COURTESY OF DISTRICT 96
Reasons for Dolezal’s District 96 departure remain murky Former director of teaching and learning denies claims in anonymous letter
By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
The details of the abrupt departure of former Riverside School District 96 director of teaching and learning Angela Dolezal continue to be murky.
An anonymous letter purportedly sent to each member of the board of education last June noting that “the teachers have no confidence in her ability to lead the District,” along with other performanceSee DOLEZAL on page 9
Staff Reporter
Volunteers are coming together this Saturday for the Salt Creek Watershed Network’s annual spring cleanup within the Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve. “Every spring, between Earth Day and the end of the month, we organize the neighborhoods along the Salt Creek. The watershed starts up in Palatine, but it runs through, obviously, one of the busiest or most densely populated parts of the Chicagoland area and the country, so it accumulates a lot of stuff along its way,” said Scott Saacke, a a member of the group’s board. Environmentally inclined residents of the region will gather in two teams Saturday mornSee SALT CREEK on page 11
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