Jesse Ruiz

A commissioner called the $3 admission hike "a big burden for the people who want to go to the museum."

Ald. George Cardenas called it "insulting and disrespectful" that the interim chief isn't a finalist.

Of 23 public schools in the area, five will see increases to their budgets. The rest will face cuts.

Ghian Foreman has promised to include the community in plans to reuse the school.

An alternative learning high school will likely lose 17 percent of its budget for 2015-16.

Nine schools are projected to lose money, due to falling enrollment.

District-wide, more than 400 schools were hit with a total of nearly $100 million in budget cuts.

Four Pilsen schools will each lose more than $400,000 in funding, CPS announced.

Neighborhood schools will see $60 million in cuts, while charter schools see $30 million in gains.

One teacher said Mayor Rahm Emanuel "is deeply embedded in Novocaine" and "doesn't feel the pain."

Marilou Rebolledo, the school's interim principal, was picked to head the school.

In Rogers Park, parents and leaders at Gale Elementary said cutting the program would be "unacceptable."

Now a CPS administrator will choose who will become the school's new principal.

Parent and community groups are organizing three forums to inform the public on how talks are going.

Board of Education Vice President Jesse Ruiz will "enjoin the duties" as interim CEO as well.