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The application period, which ends in early November, comes as preliminary data for the current school year shows Chicago Public Schools enrollment is stable for the first time in more than a decade.
Students and parents ride CTA, Metra and PACE on Aug. 21 – the first day of classes at Chicago Pubic Schools. Reduce fares are available on all three transit systems the rest of the school year.
Stop by end-of-summer celebrations from 12 to 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at 5100 W. Harrison St. and 10:30 a.m. Aug. 13 at 4650 W. Madison St.
Chicago Public Schools is holding a series of back-to-school celebrations this month, including one from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Aug. 8 at La Follette Park, 1333 N. Laramie Ave.
Free meals are available starting this week and running through early August at hundreds of locations across Chicago, including more than a dozen in Austin.
Michele Clark High School is the first to provide waffles as a new breakfast item at CPS. The school will be renovating one of its cafeterias over the summer to create a food court experience.
A state committee will hold a final hearing Monday night, where the Illinois African Americans for Equitable Redistricting will push for a election map and the creation of a standing committee of the Chicago Board of Education.
Three recent Urban Prep graduates share their college plans and hopes for the future.
An open house will be held Aug. 22 from 5 to 6:30 at the school, which is located in the former Francis Scott Elementary School that CPS closed nearly a decade ago.
Free school supplies and other resources will be available at several back-to-school fairs, just in time for CPS’ first day of school Aug. 22.