Austin
Eleven Austin schools who saw a bigger enrollment decline than expected won’t see more budget cuts this year
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That’s good news, though some advocates say West Side students continue to suffer from too little funding over the years.
News
29th Ward residents offer ideas on neighborhood projects to be funded
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro is collecting ideas about how to spend $500,000 of $1.3 million allocated to the ward in “menu money.”
school
West Side lawmakers put spotlight on state of education
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Parents and teachers from Chicago’s West Side and Oak Park attended a legislative forum last week at which funding and other issues were discussed.
Build Inc.
Austin groups receive grants
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Youth Can Chicago, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, and Hope Institute Learning Academy are among 20-some Chicago organizations working with youth to receive funding from the Emerson Collective.
News
Some Austin schools to lose more money
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Because fewer students showed up on enrollment day, there will be more funding cuts on the West Side.
Opinion
Do West Side’s black leaders believe in public education or mass incarceration?
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A longtime Austin resident urges his neighbors to advocate for their West Side schools, not charters.
News
Budget crisis starting to hit Austin
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The Democrat-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner still don’t have a new state spending plan.
Community
Westside Health Authority getting $300,000 grant
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford helped secure the funding, which will be used to provide crisis intervention to North Austin residents with critical health needs.
Opinion
What’s really going on?
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Longtime resident Renna Thomas urges West Siders to support those organizations offering services to everyone in the community rather than just a select few.
Community
Residents urged to attend town hall meetings on education
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School performance, funding issues and other topics will be discussed Nov. 18, 23 and 25 at a West Side church.