Derrick Orr

Manierre Elementary received CPS' second-highest rating four years after it was almost closed.

Lincoln Park's Alcott will lose two teachers in the cuts announced this week.

Principal Derrick Orr said Chicago Public Schools forced his resignation and called it "very classless."

One 12-year-old shot in Old Town Tuesday was a Manierre student, the other a Jenner student.

The awards came from Buddy's Helpers, a nonprofit drawing on high school student athletes and coaches.

The Old Town school is also closing in on a larger $25,000 goal through a GoFundMe page.

Manierre Principal Derrick Orr helps students visit colleges so they can be inspired to attend.

Blaine Elementary is raising money for itself and Manierre Elementary as part of a new partnership.

For the second year, parents, teachers and neighbors are scraping together the funds for the trip.

Rehab of nearby apartments, charter school options challenge the Old Town school.  

Principal Derrick Orr, whose school was spared from closing, wants to make the most of his second chance.

DNAinfo.com Chicago's comprehensive coverage of the battle to stop CPS from closing the Old Town school.

The official slammed CPS plan to shut the Cabrini area school, but it might not be enough to save it.