Brook Park School addition about to begin

Riverside/Brookfield Landmark (Bob Uphues):

Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95 will break ground on its most significant building project in decades on Sept. 13, officials announced last week.

On Aug. 28, the project received the green light from the Village of LaGrange Park, whose trustees unanimously granted a special use permit for the construction of a 19,000-square-foot addition to Brook Park School, 1214 Harrison Ave. That same night, the District 95 school board awarded $6.8 million in construction contracts to over a dozen contractors to complete the addition at Brook Park in 2007-08 and significantly renovate S.E. Gross Middle School in 2008. Gilbane Construction is the general contractor for the construction projects at both of the district's schools.

Brook Park School addition being negotiated

The Village of La Grange Park and District 95 (Brookfield-La Grange Park elementary schools) are trying to reach a compromise on parking so constructing an addition on Brook Park elementary school may proceed. See Suburban Life (Joe Sinopoli).

Key to approval is whether the district can provide enough parking on 29th Street to accommodate staff once the addition to the school is completed on the building’s north side. Plans call for the addition of seven classrooms, two conference rooms computer labs and a multi-purpose room.