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The improvements are part of the school district's 2015 budget.

A coalition of groups seeking to convert Dyett High School to a "green" academy protested at City Hall.

An assistant principal on Tuesday accused the teachers of being on a "witch hunt."

CTU President Karen Lewis said, "I'm not looking to make anybody's election year easy at all."

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said, "Politics got in the way" of providing students eye care in the past.

The  Gladstone Park school wil get  $3.7 million for an eight-classroom modular building.

Canty parents and school officials have been pleading for an annex since 1998.  

CPS students are projected to hit an 82 percent high school graduation rate within three years.

The Board of Education voted to submit Gresham, McNair and Dvorak to the turnaround process.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to bring air conditioning to 206 schools, but without explaining funding.

Students and a legal group backed state legislation setting limits on school disciplinary measures.

Parents and community members will make their bid for spots on Local School Council elections.

The lack of community boundaries for who can run or vote in Monday's election has led to confusion.

The new curriculum is part of a citywide push to boost computer science literacy.

But CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said the investigation of "staff misconduct" would proceed.