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Steinmetz College Prep High School saw its rating improve, while Schurz High School's rating fell.
The $7 million external module — the school's second — was finished in time for the first day of school.
Officials unveiled a $915,000 new improvement for the Jefferson Park school yard.
Bridge is one of three Northwest Side schools expecting to see additions built in the next two years.
More than 850 freshmen live in the school's boundaries but attend other public high schools.
Officials are aiming to complete five projects in time for the 2018-19 school year, they said.
More than $100 million was allocated for various unspecified projects on the Northwest Side.
Nearly half of all Far Northwest Side schools are overcrowded again this year, according to CPS data.
Also on the list of potential projects is a $20 million annex for Ebinger Elementary in Edison Park.
Parents at the Dunning elementary school have worked since 1988 to convince officials to build an annex.
Bridge is the most crowded school on the Northwest Side and the second-most crowded in the city.
Nearly half of all Far Northwest Side schools are overcrowded, according to CPS data.
There are no plans to add space to elementary or high schools across the Far Northwest Side.
A new high school in Dunning could relieve severe overcrowding at Taft High School.
The two-story $18 million annex is set to open in September, officials said.
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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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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.