cps closings

The local school council is working down to the wire for students at the closing school.

The district has backed off a plan that angered parents, citing an internal mix-up.

Parents from several closing schools congregated Monday morning at Lafayette Elementary School.

John McCutcheon Elementary School in Uptown is in an unsafe area, some parents said.

Closing Woods Math & Science Academy could put children in danger next school year, some say.

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Canter will remain open for another year after parents and teachers pleaded with CPS to keep it open.

Metal detectors and cameras won't stop fights between kids from rival gang territories, parents said.

"We are not going down without a fight," CPS student Asean Johnson, 9, said at the Monday protest.

DNAinfo.com Chicago's comprehensive coverage of the battle to stop CPS from closing the Old Town school.