St. Athanasius Closed: Evanston Elementary School Shut Down After Swine Flu Scare
A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston....
A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston....
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...
Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 05.04.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools could be forced to change its process for closing or consolidating schools under a bill passed Friday in the Illinois House. ...
Curtis Black | Posted 03.27.2009 | Chicago
Why, out of all the small and struggling schools in the district, were these ones put on that list in the first place? Would more attention to detail have spared some of the other schools?
Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 03.26.2009 | Chicago
Six of 22 schools will be spared closure or shakeups, Chicago public school officials said Monday, just two days before a School Board vote on the iss...
Curtis Black | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago
CPS critics have long advocated a plan that would provide transparency and accountability, ranking projects by need and ensuring that resources are distributed equitably.
Chicago Tribune | Carlos Sadovi | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
Newly-installed Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman today was booed by a crowd of parents, teachers and community officials upset about plans to...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools leaders released the list of schools Friday they plan to close, consolidate, gradually phase out or attempt to turn around. The...
Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan will recommend today that some two dozen schools be closed or consolidated. Schools will be shut down for tw...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago
SCROLL DOWN FOR LATEST UPDATES AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FRIDAY 1/16 2:30 P.M. The temperature briefly reached above zero today, before plunging back ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Maudlyne Ihejirika | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago
As word filtered down at Carpenter Elementary, some parents said they felt as if they'd had the air knocked out of them. The Near West Side school Th...
Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools are expected to announce plans next month to close or consolidate at least 20 schools next school year -- up from 18 last year....
CBS2 | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago