and G. Darryl Reed (Commissioner of Building and Public Property). Marie Arrigoni is the elected Clerk. At the federal level, Palos Park is in the Illinois 3rd congressional district. At the state level, it is divided among the 14th, 18th, and 41st Illinois Senate districts and the 26th, 35th, and 82nd Illinois House districts. Education Residents in eastern portions are in Palos School District 118: Palos South Middle School Palos East Elementary School (in Palos Heights) Palos West Elementary School High school students in eastern portions are served by Consolidated High School District 230's Amos Alonzo Stagg High School. Southwest Suburban Montessori School is located in Palos Park. Palos Park Public Library was founded in 1936 and has been part of the village government since 1945. Transportation Palos Park has a station on Metra's SouthWest Service, which provides rail service to Chicago's Union Station on weekdays and Saturdays. Notable people Jane M. Barnes, Illinois state politician Sean M. Morrison, Cook County commissioner and chair of the Cook County Republican Party Lee Roupas Zay N. Smith, columnist and author known for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times including the Mirage investigative series in 1978 and the QT column which ran from 1995 to 2008. Smith was raised in Palos Park. Wanda Stopa References External links Pictures of Palos Park Villages in Illinois Villages in Cook County, Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Populated places established in 1914 1914 establishments in Illinois