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A state committee will hold a final hearing Monday night, where the Illinois African Americans for Equitable Redistricting will push for a election map and the creation of a standing committee of the Chicago Board of Education.
Austin College & Career Academy is one of two dozen Chicago Public Schools that earned the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award.
Free school supplies and other resources will be available at several back-to-school fairs, just in time for CPS’ first day of school Aug. 22.
Seven Austin schools would see a decline in their budgets under the proposed budget that will be considered by the Board of Education on June 22. Six others would see an increase. See the details for each school’s budget here.
There are nearly 700 open seats on 267 local school councils across the city; five schools in Austin are still looking for members to serve. See the list AustinTalks has compiled of members currently serving on LSCs in Austin.
Elementary school LSC elections are Nov. 18, and high school LSC elections are Nov. 19. In-person polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Local school councils — made up of parents, students and community members that can make school budget and principal hiring decisions — were once seen as a bastion of school-level democracy, according to Block Club Chicago.
About 50 people gathered at La Follette Park Friday before marching to Chicago Board of Education member Dwayne Truss’ residence. They were protesting the contract between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Police Department, and calling on Truss to vote against the contract at CPS’ Aug. 26th meeting.
All but four Chicago Public Schools in Austin could see an increase in their budgets for the 20-21 school year. The Chicago Board of Education still needs to approved the school district’s $2.8 billion budget; that’s expected to happen sometime this summer.
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.
Get help completing your student’s application for the 2020-2021 school year before the Dec. 13th deadline. The Austin workshop will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at BUILD Inc., 5100 W. Harrison St. Bring your student’s ID number if you have one.