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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.
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School-reform activists urge community members to run for LSC postions
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They say the job is important to improve the quality of education for students who attend Chicago Public Schools.
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Time is running out to apply for Local School Council positions
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Parents and community members interested in being part of a public school’s decision-making body have just until March 8 to submit an application.
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Renaissance 2010 high schools in Austin fight to provide better education for students
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Sharon Morgan sits at her desk surrounded by piles of paperwork and a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. As she shuffles through the paperwork, she marks her calendar on the day where she plans to speak to her 7th and 8th grade students about completing applications for the best high schools in the city. With the application deadline for Chicago’s best college and career academies quickly approaching on Jan. 20, Morgan reassures herself that her students will be equipped with all the necessary tools to apply. Morgan is the director of Community Outreach and Graduate Support at Austin’s Catalyst School-Circle Rock, one of Austin’s newest K-8th college preparatory charter schools.