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Editorial: With a month to go before CPS must approve a budget, leaders’ lack of seriousness is on display
There’s a month to go before the Chicago school board must approve a budget for the coming year, and leaders still are ...
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Chicago school board president says borrowing could solve CPS’s budget woes — but not in ‘isolation’
President Sean Harden said the district could borrow and work to find long-term revenue solutions, such as more city and ...
Chicago Public Schools agrees to pay feds back $1 million over misallocated grants
A Department of Education investigation found Chicago Public Schools wrongly obtained $1.1 million by misidentifying South ...
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CPS lays off 160 employees, cuts 200 vacant positions amid budget crisis
CHICAGO (WGN) — Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools employees will not have a job to go back to at the end of the summer. The school district announced on Friday that over 160 employees are ...
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To accommodate bus routes, 22 Chicago school bell times will change this fall
The district said it is still facing a driver shortage, which contributed to reduced busing for students in recent years.
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Chicago schools face enrollment crisis, 150 buildings half-empty
A new report showed that declining enrollment in Chicago leaves about 150 of its schools half-empty. The report, authored by ChalkBeat and ProPublica, found that 47 schools are operating “at ...