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Palatine Council OKs Montessori School — With Conditions

Palatine Village Hall, 200 E. Wood St. (Journal photo)

After giving the issue more consideration following the Nov. 13 Palatine Village Council meeting, the owner of a proposed Montessori school decided she could live with certain conditions the village wanted to impose before her plans were ultimately approved Dec. 4.

Mallory Miller requested opening a new Montessori school, Grow Montessori Academy, in the ground floor tenant space at 600 N. First Bank Dr., across from the Palatine Public Library. 

However, in November when the matter was first heard by councilmen, concerns were raised about start times and the number of students that would be housed under one roof, along with potential traffic issues and noise disturbing other nearby businesses.

The matter was continued from Nov. 13 to Dec. 4 to give her more time to determine whether the conditions would be suitable to her business. In the end, she agreed.The conditions she must follow include having a 6-foot wooden fence on the west side of the playground and removal of the basketball structure, limiting the class enrollment to 50 (to be submitted to the village in September and February each school year), and allowing CW the village manager to impose start/dismissal time adjustments to address any identified traffic management issues within the office park. Should she want to increase enrollment at any time, she would need to go through the public hearing process again and be granted approval by the council before any increase to enrollment occurs. 

The school will include a 3,500 sq. ft. outdoor play area north of the building. Existing parking stalls will be reconfigured to make space for the outdoor play area. 

Once the academy becomes more established, the submitted business plan indicates additional classes would be offered for toddlers and adolescents (12-14 years old). The initial student enrollment estimate includes 5-7 students (ages 3 to 6) and 6-10 students (ages 6 to 12).

There will be three total staff members to start, which would eventually grow to a maximum of 10 staff members once fully established.

The school will operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Once all programs are fully implemented, there will be an option for after-school enrichment until 5:30 p.m.

Drop-off times will be staggered from 7:50 to 8 a.m. for elementary and 8:05 to 8:15 a.m. for primary. An addendum indicates that all parents would be advised on procedures to avoid congestion issues. 



Times, Dates For Opening Round Playoff Games

Here’s a look at the starting times and dates for the opening week of the 2023 football playoffs involving Journal-area teams:

 

Class 4A:

 

Friday, Oct. 27

7 p.m. – No. 12 St. Viator (5-4) at No. 5 Richmond-Burton (7-2)

 

Class 7A:

 

Friday, Oct. 27

7 p.m. – No. 22 Buffalo Grove (6-3) at No. 11 Prospect (7-2)

 

Saturday, Oct. 28

3 p.m. – No. 28 Collinsville (5-4) at No. 5 Maine West (9-0)

6 p.m. – No. 29 Wheaton-Warrenville South (5-4) at No. 4 Hersey (9-0)

 

Class 8A:

 

Friday, Oct. 27

7 p.m. – No. 30 Glenbrook South (4-5) at No. 3 Barrington (9-0)

7 p.m. – No. 25 Niles West (6-3) at No. 8 Huntley (8-1)

7 p.m. – No. 21 Lyons (6-3) at No. 12 Stevenson (7-2)

7 p.m. – No. 17 Palatine (6-3) at No. 16 Neuqua Valley (6-3)

7:30 p.m. – No. 27 Lockport (5-4) at No. 6 Maine South (8-1)

 

Saturday, Oct. 28

1 p.m. – No. 32 Plainfield North (4-5) at No. 1 Loyola Academy (9-0)

Beating The Heat In Glenview; Real Feel Temps Could Hit 115

Glenview Police Station entrance at the village hall complex at, 2500 East Lake Ave., Glenview

Trash pickup by Glenview’s waste hauler Groot was moved up one hour from its usual 6 a.m. starting time on Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 23-24) to spare workers from the worst of an expected heat wave.

Meanwhile, Glenview Community Engagement Manager David Just said cots will be set up in the village hall community room for anyone needing relief from the heat. Village hall is always available as a...

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Glenview Gears Up For Fourth

Cyclists during the 2019 bike parade before the main Glenview July 4 parade.

Tuesday, July 4, Glenview will be decked out in red white, and blue to celebrate Independence Day with a parade in the late morning along with a twilight fireworks show over Lake Glenview in The Glen that evening. 

The parade steps off on Harlem Avenue just north of Glenview Road traveling to Central Road where it turns west ending at Johns Park. The parade starts with a kids bike parade at 11:15 a.m. followed by ...

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Animal Feed Processor — Drawing Ire Of Nearby Residents Over ‘Burnt Cheese’ Smell — Sues Village

Silos at Prestige Feed in Mount Prospect's Kensington Business Center. (Photo submitted)

A Mount Prospect company is suing the village claiming that if the company’s business license is revoked due to certain odors violating village code, they would lose millions of dollars.

A tolling agreement was entered March 30, 2021 between the village and Prestige Feed Products, 431 N. Lakeview Ct., Suite A, in the Kensington Business Center, to pause any litigation so the company could work on imple...

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Together We Tri Indoor Triathlon

Join us for the Together We Tri Indoor Triathlon April 16th at Glenview Park Center. All ability levels welcome! Multiple start times. 10min swim, 20 min bike, 15min run. Sign up before March 29th to secure your T-shirt. See you there! Visit www.togetherwetri.com to register.

Referendum Passing; Video Gaming, Cannabis In Palatine Get Green Light In 2022

Palatine Dist. 15 Board President Lisa Beth Szczupaj looks on as election numbers start rolling in. (Photo by Shawn Clisham/Journal)

Palatine schools took center stage in 2022 from dissent among Dist. 211 board members extending the contract for their superintendent, to a property tax increase referendum in Dist. 15. The village also made news by approving recreational cannabis and video gaming. 

Here are the Journal’s top stories of the year from Palatine (in no particular order):

Busi...

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Schedule Shuffles Because Of Impending Storm

With a winter storm set to hit the area Thursday, Dec. 22 and last until Saturday morning on Christmas Eve, a number of area sporting events have taken a hit.

Here’s a look at the changes as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 for the next few days:

Boys Basketball:

Rolling Meadows home game against Elk Grove was shifted from Thursday, Dec. 22 to Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 6 p.m.

Schaumburg was scheduled to play at Buffalo Grove Thursday, but the game was canceled. Buffalo Grove was going to hav...

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Video Game Nostalgia Hits Arlington Heights Memorial Library For Holidays

A cluster of arcade games attracts an Arlington Heights Memorial Library patron on Dec. 6 (Noah Festenstein/Journal Photo)

With an ode to nostalgia for the holidays, Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) has partnered with a Long Island, NY, museum to temporarily display 12 original arcade video game machines for free play until Jan. 15.

Most of the biggest amusement-based companies during the early 1900s were stationed in Chicago -- amongst them was Gottlieb and Co. In 1931, David Got...

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History Repeats For Loyola Football, Ramblers Win 4th State Championship

History has a way of repeating itself and Loyola Academy football knows that all too well.

Due to COVID-19, there were no football state finals in 2020, so the last IHSA state championship game hosted by University of Illinois was in 2018.

That year, Loyola defeated previously undefeated No. 1 Brother Rice 13-3 to win the Class 8A state championship.

Four years and two days later, No. 6 Loyola Academy (13-1) defeated previously undefeated No. 1 Lincoln-Way East 13-3 to win the Class 8A ...

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Exhibition Opening – Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection

David Seymour – better known as “Chim” — is widely remembered as the first human rights photographer. One of the cofounders of photojournalism’s famous cooperative Magnum Photos, Chim’s work was poignant and emphatic – transcending generations, making him one of the 20th century’s quintessential photographers.

Join Illinois Holocaust Museum for a special presentation by Carole Naggar and Ben Shneiderman to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition, “Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection,” which focuses on Seymour’s photographs of post-World War II reconstruction in Europe, European elections, the effect of the war on children, and the birth of the new State of Israel. Naggar is an author and photography historian who has studied Chim’s life and work for decades. Her long-awaited biography, David ‘Chim’ Seymour: Searching for the Light, 1911-1956, will be released this fall. Shneiderman, a distinguished university professor, and Chim’s nephew, will open the program with a monologue about his uncle’s life and work.

On-site guests are invited to come to the Museum prior to our start time to explore the new exhibition.

Reservations required: ihm.ec/chimopening

Palatine Adds Parking, Traffic Restrictions Near Elementary Schools

Palatine Village Council unanimously approved several traffic code changes designed to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow around Paddock and Lincoln elementary schools.

The village July 11 banned parking on the east side of the section of Rose Street between Kenilworth Avenue and Salt Creek while school is in session. Further north, the village banned left turns from Johnson Street onto Washington Court during weekday mornings. Finally, the village tweaked the timing of the “no left t...

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Top Runners Show Up At Distance Night

Natalia Plewa from Hersey takes the lead in the 800-meter undercard run at Palatine’s Distance Night on Saturday. (Patrick Jasionowski/Special to the Journal)

Some of the best runners in the state headed to Palatine’s Chic Anderson Stadium Saturday night for the highly anticipated Distance Night event on a rare day without rain.

A total of 24 runners made the boys 800-meter run main event and they all finished within 12 seconds of each other, with the top four finishing 1.07 of a second ap...

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Village OKs Restaurants Serving Alcohol Earlier On Sundays

Village Hall as seen from Sigwalt Street and Arlington Heights Road. (Journal photo)
Breakfast and brunch spots in Arlington Heights will soon be able to serve mimosa a few hours earlier on Sunday as the village looks to move up the start time when alcohol sales are allowed to 8 a.m.
Currently, restaurants are allowed to start serving alcohol at 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday, but must wait until 10 or 11 a.m. on Sundays, depending on which liquor license classification they hold. The change w...

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Dist. 15 Finalizing Start Time Changes

Palatine Elementary School Dist. 15 continues to prepare for the implementation of a three-tiered bus route system from the current two-tiered system that will result in changing school start times beginning Feb. 23 due to a bus driver shortage.

During the Jan. 19 school board meeting, staff provided an update on what has occurred since the last board meeting in early December. 

Meetings have been held with district-level administrators to discuss the impact on special education progra...

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Dist. 15 Rolls Out New Three-Tiered Busing System Feb. 23

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 23, Palatine Elementary School Dist. 15 will move to a three-tiered bus system in order to continue transporting all 10,000 district students during a nationwide bus driver shortage.

As previously reported by the Journal & Topics, the district needs to move from a two-tiered to three-tiered system due to a critical nationwide driver shortage across many industries and the country, which has resulted in Dist. 15 facing a significant and growing bus driver shortage...

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Palatine: Year In Review

During a September press conference in Chicago , attorneys Michael J. Schostok (center) and Brian Salvi (second from right) discuss why they were filing a lawsuit against the village of Palatine following a dog attack that occurred in Elmwood Park. They were joined by previous dog bite victims and Palatine residents Chase Braun (far left), Amanda Ingram (far right) along with Steve Heinz (second from left) whose wife Aneta was the most recent victim. (Journal photo)

The past year in Palatine ...

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Dist. 15 Busing Issues Could Change School Start Times

Due to a bus driver shortage, Palatine Elementary School Dist. 15 is working on final plans for a three-tiered transportation system starting in February so students are not arriving late to school or coming home well after school ends for the day.

The district has been facing significant challenges in its transportation program since the start of the current school year, and according to Deputy Supt. Claire Kowalczyk and Director of Transportation Thomas Bramley, the district has worked ...

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Morgan Park Too Much For BG In Bison Classic

Morgan Park made the 50-mile drive, depending on the route taken, to Buffalo Grove High School for the Bison Classic boys basketball tournament Wednesday, Nov. 24.

The game was supposed to start at 1 p.m., but Morgan Park didn’t hit the court until 2 minutes after the regularly scheduled start time.

Once they settled down, they pulled away to knock off the host Bison 77-60 in one of the early games across the state the day before Thanksgiving.

Morgan Park’s Michael Brown (top) tries to ...

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Leyden Scores First, Willowbrook Scores 36

After losing two straight shutouts, Leyden’s Eagles opened their Homecoming football game last Friday, jumping on visiting Willowbrook defensively after the opening kickoff, picking off a Warriors’ pass and returning it to the WB 41-yard line, and then scoring when quarterback Leo Latiker completed three straight passes, the last a 30-yard touchdown toss to Damian Salazar for a 7-0 lead just five minutes into the game.
But then they had to play the rest of the game, Willowbrook scoring 36 point...

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