I'm just down the road in Palatine! I got my PPL in JVL, and I'd love to have my old instructor do my BFR, but he's flying frieght in SDF and I don't know if we'd be able to get together with his schedule. My very first couple of lessons (1997) were at 3CK (Lake in the Hills), but I'm glad I did most of my training at JVL. Tower controlled, decent-sized airport, not much traffic during the day on weekdays. Of course it helped sway my decision to train there that my dad was the director of maintenance at the flight school!
Congrats on completing Flight Safety!