cps school closings

As some prepare for the inevitable transition, others strive to maintain the status quo.

Almost 200 people, many of them children, turned out for King Elementary's second school closing meeting.

Chicago Board of Education member Carlos Azcoitia took the rare step of attending — and got an earful.

Parents, students and teachers rallied to show CPS why closing their neighborhood school is a bad idea.

William H. King Elementary School and Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy are slated to merge next year.

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

Mayor is urged to join activists on visits to the schools he supports shutting down.

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

The civil rights icon's speech Wednesday sounded like a montage of everything he's ever stood for.

Lafayette Elementary School has the largest string orchestra in the Chicago Public Schools system.

Despite similar student performance numbers, Paderewski is the only school in its network facing closure.

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