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The Board of Education approved the closure of three charters, and will decide on a fourth in December.
The Kenwood art center said it would propose to CPS a contract school with an arts focus.
U. of C. study found more than 800 kids landed in lower-performing schools after the mass closings.
Ald. Pat Dowell promised to appeal to CPS officials on behalf of Mollison.
Kenwood would move its academic program into the closed school in 2016 under the alderman's plan.
Dyett boosters chided Burns for failing to engage as the community made plans to save the school.
The Chicago High School for the Arts will takeover the former Lafayette Elementary School building.
"A clash of school cultures" has led to sometimes violent student outbursts, parents said.
Nine teachers have left and been replaced at Jose de Diego Community Academy, which serves 900 students.
The principal said the Kenwood middle school closed a whole floor as CPS phases out the school.
No incidents were reported along Safe Passage routes as students returned to school.
Parents said they are happy to have middle school grades at Ray, but will wait to see if it's successful.
Parents said they were happy with the attention to safety, but some said the school went overboard.
"We will care for their children," McPherson teachers say as former Trumbull students enter a new school.
Ukrainian Village photographer Jessica Rodrigue rode her bike to document closed CPS school buildings.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
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Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
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Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.