Chicago Public School

The Peterson Park elementary joins an elite list of CPS schools to earn the coveted Blue Ribbon honor.

Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein held a rally at the Peoples Church of Chicago in Uptown Thursday.

CPS refused to answer questions on the proposed cuts.

The plan for the Wildwood Elementary annex will be considered Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commssion.

Some city employees are "squeezing an eight-hour day into four, five hours."

"We were going to have some really tough decisions," said Terry Moran, a parent and Sullivan LSC member.

The school maintains that the city needs to inject more money system-wide.

With the principal abstaining, the Local School Council vowed to fight for more money from downtown.

The principal finds the long-term prospects of the school questionable with budget cuts.

Five jobs also will be eliminated under a new budget presented Wednesday night.

The incident is the second allegation of slapping at the North Side school this year.

Carrot sticks instead of candy corn and dance parties instead of cupcakes are just some of the changes.