EXPANSION OF RICH TOWNSHIP
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 227
Rich High School, as we knew it, became "Rich East" when "Rich Central" was built.


This article appeared in Know Your Rich Township High Schools, November 1962.
In 1962, Rich South High School, the third Rich Township District 227 High School,
had not yet been created. Burgeoning new housing developements in Richton Park
and Matteson led to its creation.
The newsletter can be found in the Local History Archives at the Park Forest Public Library
and the article is used with permission here.

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