Briefs: Wheeling parks plan OK'd

The Wheeling Park District board on Tuesday approved 6-0, with commissioner Cheri Klumpp absent, a comprehensive plan submitted by PROS Consulting. The board held a special hearing last week to hear about the updated plan. The only change the board made was to change the comprehensive plan into a report, according to Matt Wehby, communication relations manager for the district. The report will be a guide for any development the district will want to do in the upcoming years -- determining where to invest resources and the best use of land -- and also gives the board information from a community survey.

State of Schools meeting

Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 will be holding its final State of the Schools event 6:45 tonight at Holmes Middle School, 221 S. Wolf Road, Wheeling. The session is geared toward parents with children at Holmes, Frost, Twain and Whitman schools; however, other parents are also welcome to attend. The State of the Schools will include information about student performances, understanding measures of academic progress and sessions on reading and writing. For more information, call the district at (847) 537-8270.

Harper holds open house

Harper College will hold its annual high school open house Wednesday. It will offer high school juniors and seniors and their parents the chance to tour Harper's campus, meet current students and parents and attend a variety of seminars by Harper faculty and staff including Financing Your College Education and the ABC's of Choosing a Major. Harper staff will also host a Spanish information session. The open house will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Wojcik Conference Center on Harper's main campus, 1200 W. Algonquin Road in Palatine. For information, go to www.harpercollege.edu/myfuture or call (847) 925-6707.