Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 (SD163) is a school district headquartered in Park Forest, Illinois.[2] It serves sections of Chicago Heights.
| Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
242 S Orchard Dr
Park Forest
, Illinois, 60466United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–8[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1730810[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,494[1] |
In 2016 the district had over 2,000 students.[3] In 2019 the district had 1,838 students.[4]
In 2019 a board member resigned but then remained on the school board, and there was a political controversy over the board's internal management.[4] In response to a board member using an SD163-issued charge card to pay for $5,000 of expenses, the board passed a policy regulating the cards.[5]
In 2019 SD163 and Chicago Arts Partnership in Education secured a $2.3 million grant to add arts education to the curriculum.[6]
SD163 decided to have its upper schools focus on particular concepts.[3]
242 S. Orchard Drive Park Forest, Illinois IL 60466
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