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Over 300 Forest Park Individual Education students and staff members joined members of the Joliet Grade Schools Foundation to dedicate a bench at the school in memory of Gerald Bersano, who died Aug. 28, 2017.
The foundation purchased the bench, as well as a second bench at Hufford Junior High.
Bersano was a founding member of the foundation, as well as a retired administrator in Joliet Public Schools District 86. He spent his entire 30-year educational career in District 86 as a teacher, academic advisor, and principal.
He attended Pershing Elementary and Hufford Junior High School as a student.
Front row, from left: Forest Park I.E. students Grecia Alvarez, Jose Ochoa, Jade Dougherty, Isabella Ulloa. Second row, from left: Forest Park student Daisy Heredia, John and Mary Henschel (Bersano’s brother-in-law and sister), Forest Park student Leilani Robles. Third row, from left: Joliet Public Schools District 86 retired principal Frank Villela, Joliet Grade Schools Foundation Director Gerald Lundeen, Forest Park I.E. School Principal Jacob Darley, Joliet Grade Schools Foundation Director Stephanie Phelan and Joliet Public Schools District 86 Superintendent Theresa Rouse.
He spent his entire 30-year educational career in District 86 as a teacher, academic advisor, and principal. He even attended Pershing Elementary and Hufford Junior High School as a student.
Photo caption: Front row (from left to right) Forest Park I.E. students Grecia Alvarez, Jose Ochoa, Jade Dougherty, Isabella Ulloa. Second row (from left to right) Forest Park student Daisy Heredia, (Dr. Bersano’s brother-in-law and sister) John and Mary Henschel, Forest Park student Leilani Robles. Third row (from left to right) Joliet Public Schools District 86 retired principal Frank Villela, Joliet Grade Schools Foundation Director Gerald Lundeen, Forest Park I.E. School Principal Jacob Darley, Joliet Grade Schools Foundation Director Stephanie Phelan, and Joliet Public Schools District 86 Superintendent Dr. Theresa Rouse attended the dedication.
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