A report released yesterday by an independent hearing officer has questioned a plan by CPS to merge Courtenay and Stockton schools. The hearing officer summarized two issues regarding closing the Courtenay building and merging the students into Stockton. First, the hearing officer, Judge Charles R Winkler (ret)., noted students will be taking a new...
New boundaries are likely to lead to overcrowding at McCutcheon. New boundaries will not significantly impact underutilization at McPherson Overcrowding will force some students to attend Stockton/ Courtenay, leading to dangerous journeys to school. Two schools will be receiving Trumbull students, but will not receive assistance as they are not ‘receiving’ schools. The...
Raise Your Hand issued a report Wednesday that is critical of 40 of the 54 school closings planned by the Chicago Public Schools. The group notes, that the omission of 14 schools does not indicate the group supports closing those schools, but rather that the scope of closings is so large that the volunteer...
This is a gateway to the summary spreadsheet. As a reminder: all results are preliminary. This spreadsheet link has tabs, much as Excel spreadsheets do. High Schools are listed in alpha order first, then grammar schools. Previous published results still available through their URL, but have been artificially removed from the listing on the front page....
A citywide shortage of interest in the Local School Council elections, with just 1,773 candidate filings for 4,904 openings persuaded Chicago Public Schools officials to extend the deadline for candidate filings. Figures released to The Bulldog showed no parents running in Amundsen, Audubon, Blaine, Stockton, Stockton Branch or Courtenay schools as of Wed, Mar...
Part 1- Who Can and Should Run? Let’s start with a simple idea. You feel that somehow the schools are not working. It is a fact that Chicago schools, despite their improvements and despite the glowing reviews of this neighborhood’s schools, are failing to educate our children. Maybe you are unhappy about this and...
