The briefs

If it snows, watch where you park

Mount Prospect police department reminds residents that they must wait 24 hours before parking on village streets after a 2-inch snowfall. Snowplow drivers are required to clean their area completely before ending their shift. If cars are parked at the curbs, the driver must return to plow those areas, at an added expense to the village. The police department has not been ticketing those cars, but snowplow drivers have been instructed to call officers when they find cars parked on the streets, and the officers will issue tickets. The tickets cost $20 and the fee goes up to $30 after 10 days.

Relay For Life committee meets

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Mount Prospect planning committee meeting will be held at 6 p.m. today at The American Cancer Society, 1114 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Individuals are needed to help organize and recruit teams, secure community support, coordinate event logistics, obtain refreshments and prizes, help with publicity and plan entertainment activities. This year's event will be held from 6 p.m. May 16 to 6 a.m. May 17 at Prospect High School, Mount Prospect. Call (847) 368-1166.

District 54 schools see improvement

Nine schools in Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 have received Academic Improvement Awards from the Illinois State Board of Education in recognition of significant gains made on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test from 2004 to 2006.

Aldrin, Dirksen, Enders-Salk, MacArthur and Muir elementary schools and Addams, Eisenhower, Frost and Mead junior high schools were among the 1,031 schools chosen for showing substantial gains on the state test given to third- through eighth-grade students each March.

Schools receiving the honor showed an upward trend in state test results and made significant improvement by showing at least a 7.5 point improvement in reading and math scores between 2005 and 2006 or at least 15 point improvement between 2004 and 2006.