Chicago Public Schools

The elementary schools will have more green space and new playgrounds come fall.

Drummond's LSC disputes the projected enrollment numbers CPS used to create the budget.

The principal urged teachers to boost scores to keep the school out of the line of fire, sources said.

Catherine Sugure, sister of Ald. Pat O'Connor, was picked by the Gray Elementary Local School Council.

Construction on the three-story, $15 million annex is scheduled to start in August.

Adam Parrott-Sheffer is correct, said one LSC member, calling the school board "disrespectful."

Critics wanted the LSC to follow the example of rebellious Blaine Elementary and "fight."

School leaders said their requests to fix the school have gone unanswered by CPS officials.

"It's not going to change behavior ... unless the youth are involved," a city spokesman said.

Adam Parrott-Sheffer announced he'll be leaving Peterson at the end of the school year.

Last year, the school faced permanent closure, and then a $448,000 budget cut.

A coalition of groups seeking to convert Dyett High School to a "green" academy protested at City Hall.

An assistant principal on Tuesday accused the teachers of being on a "witch hunt."

The awards honor teachers in fourth through eighth grades for excellence in the classroom. 

Despite being severely overcrowded, Wildwood's test scores rank it as one of the city's best.