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.
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.
News
First week of school brings some success, more questions
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Some hope CPS will alter some of the Safe Passage routes, while others continue to advocate for an elected board of education.
News
CPS votes to close 50 schools, four in Austin
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More than 3,000 Austin students will be affected by the closings, which the Chicago Board of Education approved Wednesday.
News
Chicago Board of Education expected to vote to close up to 54 schools
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The fate of 53 elementary schools will be decided; over 3,800 students from five Austin buildings could be affected
News
Schools pitted against each other in fight to remain open
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At the final hearing for Armstrong and May, supporters said they felt like they were having to criticize other schools.
Opinion
Local man offers alternative plan for four Austin schools targered for closure
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In response to the CPS plan to shutter 54 schools, a West Side resident created a substitute proposal.
News
Low turnout for CPS community meeting on school closings
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To send a message to officials, community organizers boycotted the official event and hosted their own assembly.
News
West Side residents fight to keep neighborhood schools open
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Friendship Baptist Church was nearly filled to its 900-person capacity Thursday night for Chicago Public Schools’ school closures meeting in the Austin-North Lawndale Network.
News
Community seat to remain vacant at Louis Armstrong Elementary
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Like others, the school won’t have enough candidates on Wednesday’s ballot to fill the open positions.