An entrance to Rich East High School on Sauk Trail. (Gary Kopycinski) Commentary, Local, Opinion, Park Forest, Politics, Schools What Hope Now That Rich East Is to Close? by Gary Kopycinski on October 18, 2019 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 The signpost on Sauk Trail for Rich East High School. (Gary Kopycinski)