CPS
Field School students to start classes at renovated Key Elementary building
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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.
News
Shuttered CPS school acquired by youth nonprofit Kidz Express
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Uses for two of the other closed West Side buildings will be discussed tonight at Austin Town Hall.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
Arts, cultural campus planned for Austin
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Several groups, led by the Austin Chamber of Commerce and with 29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s backing, are working on the project, which would be located at Austin Town Hall and include other nearby buildings such as the Austin Branch Library and Frederick Douglass Academy High School.
News
Emmet, Leland schools eyed for business training centers
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Developers have expressed interest in acquiring two of Austin’s four shuttered buildings, says Ald. Chris Taliaferro.
Community
Austin school closed last year on endangered building list
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Preservation Chicago included Francis Scott Key Elementary School, which now sits empty.
Community
West Side residents protest charter school expansion
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They question why the Chicago Board of Education is expected this week to approve more charters after four Austin public schools recently closed.