Todd Anders:  

I look back on my K-12 school years growing up in Oak Park as great times. I realize now that it is more uncommon to have gone to a small High School like ours. I liked everything about it with the exception of how fast news would spread when you messed up, and I did that several times. Good news spread almost as quickly and it was just part of going to a small school. I can't think of one person from my graduating class of 85 that I hated or disliked. I can think of several dudes from 84 & 83 I did not like. Overall it was just a great place to grow up and go to school in my opinion. I thought everyone was someone since our school was so small. I have since learned at a reunion that not everyone felt that way and was bummed to hear that. I have also heard people say they do not feel the need to go to reunions because of facebook. I guess that makes sense, but I have never had a facebook page so I am one of those people who loves to hear about how people from High school are doing. I am planning on going to the next reunion in 2023. I loved growing up in Oak Park as a kid but for me by 2000 it had turned into a crowded pretentious mess compared to the good old days ...Expand for more