Chicago Public Schools

Volunteers are needed as part of an effort to give the school's first floor a fresh coat of paint.

"The public expects and wants them to be part of it," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Chicago Teachers Union spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin accused CPS of lying and ignoring new revenue ideas.

The Jefferson Park school will also lose a support staff position, CPS officials said.

The latest budget is based on a contract deal the Chicago Teachers Union rejected in January.

The district announced Friday that 494 teachers and 492 support personnel will get pink slips.

Bogdana Chkoumbova is leaving Disney II Magnet for a job as a network chief within CPS central office.

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.

No decisions have been made, according to a statement from CPS.

Protesters at the Board of Education backed three aldermanic proposals to raise a total of $400 million.

Bridge is the most crowded school on the Northwest Side and the second-most crowded in the city.

The finalists are Lane assistant Principal Edwina Thompson and Taft Assistant Principal Brian Tennison.

Water at 99 schools throughout the city has tested positive for lead, officials said.

Alfonso de Hoyos y Acosta said failing fountains are "decommissioned" with "various remediation plans."