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The average ACT score improved to 18.4 from 18.2 the year before, but remained below the U.S. average.
"Most principals have been through this before," said Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool.
Chicago Public Schools also announced three schools paid for their own testing.
The district said it had a 93.4 percent attendance rate, but its data have been suspect in the past.
The latest budget is based on a contract deal the Chicago Teachers Union rejected in January.
Only one of the 324 schools to be tested still awaits results, but 112 failed initial lead tests.
Chicago Public Schools still await results from 23 other schools tested this spring.
Protesters at the Board of Education backed three aldermanic proposals to raise a total of $400 million.
Alfonso de Hoyos y Acosta said failing fountains are "decommissioned" with "various remediation plans."
Onahan had four fountains fail, but CPS said the water may have been turned off before testing.
The district said it had tested all 324 schools built before new lead standards took effect in 1986.
The schools included Darwin, Deneen, Disney II, Funston, Goudy, Penn, Smyth and Solomon.
CPS CEO Forrest Claypool lashed back that he was "shocked" the union was "surrendering to Gov. Rauner."
Claypool said the testing was being expanded to all schools out of an "abundance of caution."
Students are still expected to attend school until June 21, officials said — unless teachers strike.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
The nation's largest bike maker is soliciting bids for a retail build-out at 1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The violent robbery could be connected to four other robberies in the area, police said.
We looked at the data behind thousands of cellphones reported stolen in Chicago since January 2016.
Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.