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Chicago Public Schools

Opinion

Teachers or tissues?

By Dwayne Truss | January 10, 2014

Advocates urge residents to attend a community meeting Monday night about more proposed charter schools for Austin.

Community

Residents urged to attend town hall meetings on education

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2013

School performance, funding issues and other topics will be discussed Nov. 18, 23 and 25 at a West Side church.

News

Charter school proposed across from Prosser

By Katie Kather | October 19, 2013

Local School Council members and others question Ald. Emma Mitts’ support.

News

YMCA helps save some after-school programs at Leland

By Reema Amin | October 17, 2013

Dance and engineering classes are starting at the building the used to house May Community Academy before it closed in June. But the popular drumline isn’t continuing because of lack of funds.

News

West Side local school council members gather

By Katie Kather | October 16, 2013

Rep. La Shawn Ford tells members that if they unite, education on the West Side can improve.

Opinion

Pastor hails school for getting off probation

By Rev. Ira Acree | October 3, 2013

All are invited Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate Henry H. Nash Elementary School’s accomplishment.

News

First week of school brings some success, more questions

By Reema Amin and Katie Kather | September 2, 2013

Some hope CPS will alter some of the Safe Passage routes, while others continue to advocate for an elected board of education.

News

Austin schools face budget cuts this year

By Katie Kather | August 27, 2013

The Chicago Board of Education is expected to approve the district’s 2013-2013 spending plan at its monthly meeting tomorrow.

Community

Thousands of spots available for teens in after-school programs

By AustinTalks | August 26, 2013

Applications are due soon; the programs begin Oct. 1.

News

Safe Passage routes unveiled for CPS students

By Katie Kather | August 16, 2013

Some question whether the right streets were chosen and if there was enough community input.

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News

  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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