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The Austin school is down to just 150, causing some to fear it will be shuttered. CPS shut down four Austin elementary schools in 2013, including one right across the street from Douglass.
Find out how your school will fare under the new spending plan CPS just released to principals.
Informational meetings will be held Aug. 19th and 26th in Austin, and Aug. 21st in Oak Park.
The application deadline for NEIU’s Beyond the Bell, B.L.A.S.T. and JumpStart programs is June 13.
Dwayne Truss says the numbers CPS used to determine West Side schools’ space utilization do not add up, and the figures favor more funding for white students, less for African-Americans.
The schools took part in a citywide effort to get young voters registered before the Oct. 9 deadline. While that date has passed, you can visit the Illinois Board of Elections web site to learn about the grace period, which ends Nov. 3.
In a recent Chicago Tribune story, 19-year-old Malcolm London shares his passion for the written word and tells his story from growing up on the West Side to his recent appearance on national television.
With the Chicago Teachers Union on strike, about 350,000 of the district’s students will have to find other places to go.
Columnist John W. Fountain III, a non-traditional college student, shares his journey toward his last year in a master’s program at Loyola University Chicago.
The position, offered by the Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention, is available to high school students ages 15 to 18, and the deadline to apply is Aug. 31.