AUGUST 25, 2021
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D209 students, staff chime in on return to in-person learning
On Aug. 19, students of Lindop Elementary School in Broadview marked the return to school with a community-wide parade. See more photos on page 5.
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Despite mask mandate, social distancing rules, D209 students and staff say they welcome return to classrooms
Proviso homeowners hit with major tax increases
By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter
Proviso Township High School District 209 staff, parents and students sounded optimistic about returning to in-person learning during the annual Back to School Bash held Aug. 20 at Proviso West High School, 4701 Harrison St. in Hillside. All students returned to classrooms in D209 on Aug. 23. They’ll start the school See STUDENTS RETURN on page 3
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Six of 12 Cook County suburbs with highest yearover-year increases median residential tax bills were in Proviso Township By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Among the nine Proviso Township suburbs in the Village Free Press readership area, six of them ranked in the 12 suburbs
in Cook County where homeowners will see the biggest increases in the median tax bill, according to an analysis released on Aug. 17 by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. Pappas said the analysis is the first of its kind conducted during her tenure and shows that property owners in many predominantly minority suburbs still pay far more in taxes than property owners in predominantly white suburbs. The treasurer’s analysis comes as her office mails out second installment property tax bills, which are due Oct. 1. “The new bills will bring the total amount billed countywide for 2020 to more than $16.1 billion, an increase of more than 3.4%
from last year,” treasurer’s office officials explained in a statement released Aug. 23. They added that taxpayers can pay the bills online at cookcountytreasurer.com. Late payments are charged 1.5% per month, which is required by state law. Referencing the report, Pappas said that the property tax increases have been hitting commercial and residential property owners in Black and Brown communities hardest. “In what has become an all-too-familiar story, majority Black and Latino communities are being hardest hit with property tax increases,” Pappas’ office wrote. “That’s true for both homeowners and businesses See TAX INCREASES on page 13
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