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Vol. 33, No. 10
PAGES 18-21
March 7, 2018
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SIGNS OF SPRING
D95 excels on state science exam Curriculum revamp to meet new standards started in 2014 By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Local school districts are looking to adapt their science curriculums to the new Next Generation Science Standards, which might partially explain the difference in performance by area students on the new state science exam. The state science exam was first given in 2016 but those scores, and scores for the 2017 test, were only released this year. Brookfield-LaGrange Park District 95 was the standout performer on the science test in 2017, scoring not too far behind some of the best districts in the state. Some 85 percent of eighth-graders at S.E. Gross Middle School were scored as “proficient” on the 2017 test. At L.J. Hauser Junior High School, 75.6 percent of eighth-graders were proficient, while at Komarek School in North Riverside 70.5 percent were. Statewide 59 percent of eighth-graders were considered proficient in science in 2017. See SCIENCE EXAM on page 10
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Sam Fletcher, a senior at Riverside-Brookfield High School, takes advantage of a break in the weather to play a little disc golf with family members on Sunday, March 4 in Kiwanis Park in Brookfield. For more photos, visit online at www.RBLandmark.com.
Riverside has unique shot at downtown development Three adjacent properties on north side of Burlington beckon
By BOB UPHUES Editor
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redevelop a significant section of Riverside’s
downtown has surfaced with an announcement by PNC Bank that it will be moving out of its branch at 40 E. Burlington St. on May 18. The bank sent a letter to its customers
in late February announcing the closure, which was confirmed to the Landmark by a company spokeswoman last week. Accounts at the Riverside branch are being shifted to the PNC branch on 31st Street in LaGrange
Park, said Diane Zappas, director of corporate communications for PNC Bank. Zappas said when the bank closes a See DEVELOPMENT on page 10
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