The Latest Breaking News from Highland Park High School

Highland Park High parents say students are evading weapons detection systems, call for enhanced security measures

A student was shot dead off-campus this month. The use of a single weapons detection devices at Highland Park and Deerfield campuses is inadequate, parents say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2023

Highland Park High School students greeted with increased security on first day of school

New weapons detections systems are unveiled, and additional officers will be stationed at the school, officials say. A student was shot dead in Highland Park this week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 17, 2023

Commentary: When Highland Park students faced another threat of gun violence, this is how they felt

Delayed by COVID-19 and the city’s July Fourth mass shooting, Highland Park High School’s FOCUS on the Arts biennial event almost didn’t happen. But facing a multiyear hiatus, the suburban Chicago school rallied, inviting creatives from across the country to teach workshops, as it’s done since 1964. Organizers asked me…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 17, 2023

Highland Park parade mass murder suspect Robert E. Crimo III through people who knew him, police reports

He grew up in a home where his parents regularly called the police on each other, and his mother left him unattended in a car on a hot August day before he was 2.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 9, 2022

Highland Park residents sorting through emotions, counting blessings three days after parade shooting

In downtown Highland Park, colored chalk brightened the drab pavement with messages of hope and resilience.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 7, 2022