Chicago Public Schools

The orchestra director hopes to gain supporters after CPS announced it was closing the school.

The Chicago Teachers Union leader spoke to a crowd of supporters in Logan Square.

Disney II Magnet's high school expansion has 250 seats up for grabs in its freshman class.

Public meetings are "disingenuous," parents say, as CPS official says he can't answer their questions.

CPS heard from more than 60 community members, all in favor of keeping the school open.

Parents said they might move to the suburbs if school options on the Near West Side don't improve.

Ray Principal Tatia Beckwith and Assistant Principal Jeffrey Alstadt reassigned, parents told in letter.

Laura LeQuesne Filipiak teaches kindergarten at Goethe Elementary School in Logan Square.

The mayor voiced "100 percent" support of CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett Thursday.

"That's quite a walk," Congressman Danny Davis said at end of union bus tour of closing schools.

Parents at Canter Middle School are planning to fight to keep the school open.

The ads are an "educational" campaign unrelated to criticism of school-closing plan, CPS said.