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Here's Where To Take The Kids In Hyde Park For CPS Days Off

By Sam Cholke | March 24, 2016 5:35am | Updated on March 24, 2016 10:44am
 Hyde Park institutions are setting up day camps for kids if CPS teachers strike on April 1.
Hyde Park institutions are setting up day camps for kids if CPS teachers strike on April 1.
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HYDE PARK — Parents in Hyde Park, Kenwood and Woodlawn have several options when Chicago Public Schools teachers stage a walkout on April 1.

On Wednesday, the Chicago Teachers Union decided to strike on April 1, giving parents a little longer than a week to figure out child care for the day.

The good news is several groups on the South Side are stepping up to help out parents and providing some options.

The United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St., has organized volunteers to give kids in kindergarten through sixth grade something to do from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

University Church, 5655 S. University Ave., is offering similar activities from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for seventh-graders through high school seniors.

Both churches are asking students to bring a lunch and for $5 per student to help cover costs.

To register, email LaKeisha Hamilton at lilkee@umich.edu or call 312-572-9238.

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., is offering all-day camps from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for children ages 5 to 14, both on April 1 and on the CPS furlough day on Friday.

The camp is $60 per child, per day.

The club is asking parents to register their child on the club’s website.

For more information, call 773-643-4062.

The South Side YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island Ave., is offering a full day of crafts and activities from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both Friday and April 1.

The cost is $30 per child for members and $50 for nonmembers.

The YMCA is asking parents register on its website.

For more information, call 773-947-0700.

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