school closings

Four to six schools would be consolidated into "one independent academic institution," a priest said.

Two Southwest Side Catholic schools are closing as part of "restructuring," church officials said.

Lafayette's name is still etched in stone on the building but ChiArts will wrap construction in August.

The event, which takes place Thursday night, revisits the media coverage of CPS school closings.

Officials said Stewart could become a magnet school but neighbors have lots of other ideas just in case.

Officials will decide Wednesday if Austin's By The Hand Club for Kids will become a charter school site.

The Glorious Light Church hopes to turn the former Price Elementary into a community hub.

The city said it will stop enforcing "no parking" signs near closed schools. 

The 100-year-old school will open next week as Crane Preparatory Medical High School.

Organizers are calling for a TIF redistribution, but a Logan Sqaure alderman says refund isn't likely.

Local education advocates say the CPS projections overlook the impact of many new planned apartments.

The concerns of one Bontemp parent included safety and overcrowding as her children are transferred.

"We did everything we could" to keep the school open, the orchestra's conductor told parents.

Community groups met with behavior experts to discuss preparing kids for transition to new schools.

King Elementary, one of 49 CPS schools set to close, held its last eighth-grade graduation Monday.