Ray Elementary School

The art fair is adding an area to watch one of the fair's artists working on a new piece.

The school is rescheduling the annual International Night for the spring.

Megan Thole will be introduced as the new principal at a Tuesday night meeting at the Hyde Park school.

Helpers are needed for two hours on Saturday to get the butterfly and vegetable garden ready for fall.

Two leading candidates for principal at Ray have taken other jobs or withdrawn from consideration.

New council members will have to start the principal search over when they take their seats in July.

The two finalists were invited in to meet parents and teachers after a marathon school council meeting.

Interim Principal Antonia Hill was cut from the short list of candidates.

The school will hold a public forum with the three finalists for principal.

Ray Elementary School, one of 84 schools chosen for grants, hopes the money could prevent staff cuts.

The school was hoping to secure a grant to avoid having to lay off a teacher and office assistant.

The Local School Council heard from 18 candidates Tuesday in the rush to hire a principal by May 20.

Ray's current council will choose a new principal for the school as one of its final actions in May.

Incumbents warned challengers about CPS bureaucracy at a Tuesday candidate forum.

Ray's principal said CPS could intervene if attendance doesn't rise to 97 percent from 95 percent.