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Vol. 100, No. 16
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
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REVIEW APRIL 19, 2017
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District 91 Supt. Cavallo promotes year-round school
‘State of the District’ speech also addresses low test scores By JOHN RICE
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Contributing Reporter
istrict 91 Superintendent Louis Cavallo addressed the district’s disappointing PARCC test scores, implementing the iDiscover program to replace study hall and the possibility of the district adopting a year-round schedule on April 11 as he delivered his “State of the District Address” at Betsy Ross School, with about 40 in attendance, including parents, staff and board members. “I’m a big fan of year-round school,” Cavallo said. “There are a lot of benefits and it makes a ton of sense.” He led off the address, though, using a PowerPoint presentation to describe the district’s current state. He told attendees that the district’s core values come from the community and posed the question, “What’s important for Forest Park?” For several parents, the most important problem was the amount spent per student, in light of the scores on the statewide PARCC exam. “No one was pleased with our results,” Cavallo acknowledged. See STATE OF THE DISTRICT on page 4
WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer
SWEET MAGIC: The newly remodeled Ferrara Pan Candy store on Harrison Street is open again.
Ferrara candy store celebrates grand reopening Nostalgic setting gets a facelift for the first time in three decades By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter
Sylvia Avila, who has worked at the Ferrara Candy Company’s outlet store at 7301 Harrison St. for 35 years, and
Carmen Montano, who has been selling Lemonheads and Chewy Redhots at the location for 21 years, did the ribbon cutting at the grand reopening of the iconic little store that sells over 200,000 pounds of candy a year.
John Conversa, Ferrara’s director of manufacturing in the U.S., said the store had been closed for several weeks for remodeling. See CANDY STORE on page 11