Chicago Community High School, and one private, Wheaton Academy. There are seven public elementary schools (Currier, Pioneer, Wegner, Turner, Indian Knoll, Gary, and Norton Creek) and two middle schools [Benjamin and Leman Middle School (LMS)] within the city. The West Chicago Wildcats is the name of the WCCHS teams. Transportation The DuPage Airport is located in the city. The National Transportation Safety Board operates the Chicago Aviation Field Office in West Chicago, on the grounds of the airport; it is the regional headquarters of the NTSB Aviation Central Region. Metra has a station on the Union Pacific West Line and another is being planned on the STAR Line on North Avenue. Points of interest West Chicago is home to the Truitt-Hoff Nature Preserve, part of DuPage County’s West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve, one of the largest and best preserved prairies in the Midwest. This prairie was discovered by then-mayor Richard Truitt in 1976 during one of his frequent walks in the open land west of the city. The prairie had been preserved because it was on railroad right-of-way land that had never been cultivated. The city is also home to Kline Creek Farm, an 1890s living history farm. as well as the West Chicago City Museum, located in a historic building that once served as Town Hall. Sister city West Chicago has one sister city.: - Taufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany References External links West Chicago Community High School Web Site Encyclopedia of Chicago History WegoNews, Micro-Gateway for the City of West Chicago West Chicago Fire Protection District Web Site 1873 establishments in Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Cities in Illinois Populated places established in 1873 Cities in DuPage County, Illinois