Chad Adams

"I need your help to prove the critics wrong," the Rogers Park alderman wrote to the mayor last year.

Truman Middle School, which is eyeing St. Jerome's building, is "desperately" trying to find a new home.

If they win, they'd receive $2 million a year for 5 years to completely design a new, updated facility.

Ald. Joe Moore will facilitate a dialog about the "insidious effect of violence in all its ugly forms."

Chad Adams said going from "intensive" to "provisional" support was still a big victory for the school.

Brielle Siskin, 25, runs the school's Peace Room and restorative justice programming at Sullivan.

Local organizations raised 100 percent of the $24,000 worth of upgrades for Sullivan High School.

A former storage room with a chain-link fence is now a student facility designed by those behind 1871.

Principals from Lake View, Amundsen, Senn, Sullivan and Mather high schools banded together.

Last month, the neighborhood school opened a job center.

A career advisor will host workshops three times a week.

More than 700 people painted murals throughout Sullivan and neighboring Kilmer Elementary School.

With more than 100 fewer students than expected, Sullivan braces for another $800,000 budget cut.

"It's just so sad what they're doing to the kids," said Gale teacher Roberta Kaiser.

An assistant principal from the South Side would fill the post in the fall, a source confirmed.