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Half of Austin’s public schools are categorized as underutilized in a recently released report. Another report gave two of Austin’s 13 Austin elementary and high schools a higher rating than the year before, while four schools saw a drop in their ratings.
CPS officials released school-by-school budgets in April, three months earlier than last year.
Reps. La Shawn Ford and Camille Lilly met recently with West Siders who don’t want the mayor to continue appointing members of the Chicago Board of Education.
Rep. Camille Lilly will be at Austin Town Hall Nov. 19th.
See how the 26 Austin schools were rated for the 2013-2014 academic year.
West Side resident and education activist Dwayne Truss says all schools should be measured the same way.
Four Austin buildings remain empty as CPS decides what to do.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a letter to CPS asking that final approval be denied to Chicago Education Partnership and By the Hand Club for Kids.
Some residents object to CPS giving its conditional approval less than a year after four public schools closed in the neighborhood.