

The South Building contains a number of sub-buildings each assigned a letter, and includes the school's radio station ( WHFH) 88.5 FM Flossmoor, television station VTV, science labs, a swimming pool, a music building, gymnasium and an auditorium. The campus consists of a North* and South Building. In 2012–13, it became the first public high school in Chicago's suburbs to earn the International Baccalaureate World School status. H-F has a robust Advanced Placement program (25 AP courses in 2017–18) a five-course Project Lead the Way STEM program and a Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy (MVP). Īs of the 2021-2022 school year, the makeup of the student body was 71.5% African American, 14.6% White, 8.4% Hispanic, 0.7% Asian, and 4.8% from two or more races. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award Winner (1983, 1996, 2002), Homewood-Flossmoor continues to be ranked nationally, including as one of America’s Best High Schools by U.S. The district encompasses nearly 11.5 square miles drawing students from Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, Hazel Crest, and Olympia Fields. Homewood-Flossmoor High School ( H-F) is a comprehensive public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois. Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, Hazel Crest and Olympia Fields Another developer offered $60 million a few months later.įrustration mounted when the Illinois Attorney General ordered the release of audio recordings from closed door school board meetings in which board members could be heard discussing the community’s concerns. Willow Springs officials say they were blindsided several months ago when the school district revealed a $55 million offer for the land from a developer who wanted to build an industrial park on the site. The wooded property is adjacent to a UPS facility on one side but homes, a park and elementary school on its other borders. The mother of five is frustrated by months of back-and-forth over Lyons Township District 204’s on-again off-again plans to sell a 70-acre patch of land. “Honestly, it would destroy the community,” said Willow Springs resident Erica Gerros. Sixty million dollars would have a big impact on a suburban school district, but plans to sell land and raise that money have triggered angry emotions among some who live in the district.
