Have You Seen the OPRFHS Video of the Class of '17 Yet?

District 97 approves security camera purchase: The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 approved the purchase and installation of 79 security cameras to install at its eight elementary school entrances in an effort to curb vandalism. We wrote a story about it before the board meeting. Read about the plan here.

Back to School drive: Oak Park's Southtown District is running a back to school drive to support local children through Aug. 23.

Thursday Night Out plan? John Ludy Puleo is up from 5-7 p.m. Paulinho Garcia will take the stage from 7-9 p.m.

Weekend planner: We put Patch users' events for this weekend in one place. Check it out here. If you have an event you think the community should know about it, take about four minutes to post it here!

Things you could have missed in the past couple days:

• District 97 Approves iPad Plan
• Homes Sales Up in Oak Park, River Forest During July
  
• WATCH: OPRF Grad in 'The Tyler Milsap Documentary'
  
• Judge Allowing Gaskill to See His Kids More Often: Report
  
• Oak Park Approves Pay by Phone Parking Agreement
  
• With Liquor License, Starbucks Would Add Security, Train Employees
• WATCH: OPRFHS Freshmen Dancing on First Day of School