Chicago Public Schools

CPS Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool said Gov. Bruce Rauner is preserving the status quo.

Dowell said she will declare $3.6 million from TIF surplus to help ailing government agencies.

Denise Esposito "fell on the sword for the sake of the school" and saved up to 3 jobs, an official said.

CPS has schools on increased safety alert, but parents say walk-ins are a show of support, not protest.

The cuts announced Tuesday were $20 million more than CPS Forrest Claypool had originally proposed .

The charter school is expected to move in 2017 to its new building and add 100 new students.

The Downtown school will drain its reserves in response to the mid-year budget cut ordered by CPS.

Ten area CPS elementary schools will get their budgets cut by more than 3 percent.

Principals maxed out resources to avoid layoffs, leaving little margin in the event of an emergency.

A Q and A to try to answer parents' most pressing questions about the CPS cuts.

Nine Lakeview schools will lose $884,625 as CPS announced $120 million in citywide cuts Tuesday.

Union leaders had called the cuts a negotiating tactic, but CPS officials say they have no options left.

Ald. Carrie Austin threw it to the Finance Committee and tried to ignore calls for a vote on it.

Principals will learn how $100 million in district cuts will affect their schools Tuesday afternoon.

"Teachers around the city are united right now," said Chicago Teachers Union VP Jesse Sharkey.