CPS budget cuts

A state charter board spokeswoman denied the allegation.

The union said it will concentrate on issues, not candidates, "but 2015 is on."

The Chicago Board of Education was set to vote on 17 proposed new charters.

The City Council used an old trick to derail a demand to halt a Board of Education vote on charters.

Community groups estimated 21 proposed charters up for approval would cost $21 million the first year.

Principal Gregory Jones suggested capping enrollment as one way to halt the influx of students.

The high school is starting a golf team and is turning to the community to help pay for equipment.  

Neighbors are rallying with fundraising efforts to keep the music playing at Murphy Elementary School.

Raise Your Hand and the Common Sense Coalition demanded additional funding for public schools.

Residents called on the aldermen to oppose a CPS request for new charter schools in Albany Park.

The far Northwest Side school had been bracing for $59,000 in cuts.

The group, featuring "accountability committees," will meet on the same days as the Board of Education.

"We were going to have some really tough decisions," said Terry Moran, a parent and Sullivan LSC member.

Schools across the city had been bracing for more cuts based on lower enrollment.

Students and teachers said they miss their assistant principal, band teacher, librarian and more.