Schroeder still serving Parkland in retirement

CHAMPAIGN – Shortly after voters approved a ballot question to start Parkland College, officials hired their first employee to help get the massive project organized.

"Harry Green came into the bank where I was working and asked me what I planned to do with my life," said Rachel Schroeder, of the man who led the campaign.

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