Vol. I No. VII AUGUST 23, 2017
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State denies appeal made by proposed charter
Mastery Academy, seeking to setup in Maywood, voted down by school board, state commission
Rebuilding our Community One House at a Time
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
The Illinois State Charter School Commission (ISCSC) voted late last month to deny the appeal of Elaine Lee, a MaywoodBroadview-Melrose Park District 89 school psychologist, who was seeking to open a new charter school this academic year. The charter school, called Mastery Academy Charter School (MACS), would have been located at Rock of Ages Baptist Church’s T.H. Wade Center on 14th Ave. and Madison St., and would have served 135 students in grades six and seven in the fall of 2017 before growing to 225 students in grades six through eight by 2019-20. The school would have opened under See MASTERY ACADEMY on page 4
ALEXA ROGALS/Wednesday Established in 1990, Journal
Members of the Proviso East Marching Band play during District 209’s first-ever Back to School Bash, held Friday, Housing Helpers Inc. is aAug. local 18, at Proviso Math and Science Academy. Classes forRebuilding Proviso students started ourMonday. non-profit organization with
Community One House at a Time
a strategic and sustainable plan that focuses on the restoration of Maywood’s single-family housing stock, our most valuable asset.
Proposed grocery store for Maywood stalled 1990, after distributor goes bankrupt Save More Fresh Market’s attempt to moveEstablished into villagein paused By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
An entrepreneur’s plan to purchase and turn 615 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, which
Housing Helpers Inc. is a local once housed the former Maywood Market, Hamden offered $400,000 for the non-profit organization with AliCome seehad our current homes into a full-service grocery store called 22,000-square-foot, village-owned building a strategic and sustainable on the market Save More Fresh Market has hit a snag in and the roughly 61,000-square-foot, villageplan that focuses on the the road, according to village of Maywood 711 N. 5th Ave. See GROCERY STORE on page 4 officials. restoration of Maywood’s 1415 S. 20th Ave. single-family housing stock, Homes in redevelopment our most valuable asset.
Rebuilding our Community One Ave. Rebuilding our Community One House1617 atS.a4thTime House at a Time 1316 S. 6th Ave.
Established in 1990, Housing Helpers Inc. is a local non-profit organization with a strategic and sustainable plan that focuses on the restoration of Maywood’s single-family housing stock, our most valuable asset.
Come see our current homes on the market 711 N. 5th Ave. 1415 S. 20th Ave. Homes in redevelopment 1617 S. 4th Ave. 1316 S. 6th Ave.
www.housinghelpersinc.org (312) 772-3257
www.housinghelpersinc.org • (312) 772-3257
Rebuilding our
Come see our current homes on the market