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Chicagoans Mulling Joining Lyons Township High?
Officials offer reasons for a high number of Chicago users' website visits.
LA GRANGE, IL – Chicago figures in a big way in visits to Lyons Township High School's website.
From August to November, users from both La Grange and Chicago each counted for a quarter of website visits, according to the school's data. Western Springs came in third at 5 percent.
At Monday's school board meeting, member Tim Albores took the Chicago visits as a hopeful sign.
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"I thought the Chicago piece was very interesting," Albores said. "I don't want to speculate if we've become a magnet to people living in the city because they're looking to move to the suburbs for a really good school."
Some of the school's communications, he said, may be driving interest in the area, highlighting the "amazing" school.
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Member Jill Grech suspected it was for another reason.
"I think it's probably a lot of parents at their offices in the city accessing it, so that's where a lot of that is," she said.
Other members agreed.
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