education
Residents continue to brainstorm plan to improve education
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Participants discussed at this week’s meeting about how to get more local teens to attend Austin high schools rather than leave the neighborhood.
Community
CPS official to speak Sunday at Third Unitarian Church
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Randel Josserand, the chief of schools in the Austin and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods, will talk at 10 a.m. Jan. 14, followed at 11 a.m. by Brenetta Howell Barrett, who will discuss the lessons she learned from the civil rights movement.
Austin
Plato avoids closure with contract renewal with CPS
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The Chicago Board of Education voted this week to renew Plato Learning Academy’s contract for two years, giving the Austin school more time to improve its rating. Specific conditions for the contract renewal will be finalized with Plato’s operator early next year, officials say.
schools
Residents want affordable housing on site of closed school
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But 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin upset some West Siders when he said at a recent community meeting that it’s up to CPS to determine whether to accept one of two bids that have been submitted for the William King Elementary building. One bid is for single-family homes and the other for “school use.”
29th Ward
Closed Austin schools up for redevelopment bid March 13
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CPS is still trying to attract developers to re-purpose buildings shut in 2013.
Community
Attend town hall on what to do with closed CPS buildings
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29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro is hosting the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Austin Town Hall.
back-to-school
West Side students invited to back-to-school celebration today
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It’s one of 13 events CPS is holding before classes begin next week. The Aug. 30th event takes place at Prosser from 2 to 5 p.m.
Austin Business & Entrepreneuership Academy
Austin High School campus headed for consolidation
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The community is invited to a Jan. 19th meeting to discuss bringing together Austin Polytechnical Academy, Austin Business & Entreprenuership and VOISE Academy.
News
Ald. Emma Mitts says her work not yet done
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Three-term alderman wants to represent the 37th Ward for another four years.
News
Tara Stamps says she’s the independent voice for the 37th Ward
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The first-time candidate hopes Tuesday to beat the 15-year incumbent.