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Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents
For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Mayor, Education
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Garfield Park, Karen Lewis, Illinois General Assembly, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics
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City vehicle stickers now on sale
Chicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...
Tags: Susana Mendoza, Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Chicago Mayor
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Chicago city stickers now on sale
Clout StreetChicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...Tags: Susana Mendoza, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Hall
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Karen Lewis, Separation of Church and State, Gang Activity, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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School closings disappoint many aldermen
Tribune reportersAfter the Chicago School Board meeting Wednesday, many of the aldermen who argued unsuccessfully to keep schools in their wards open said they were disappointed with the process. Ald. Deborah Graham, 29th, said she went to testify at the school board...Tags: Ameya Pawar, Deborah Graham, Teaching and Learning, Walter Burnett, Jr., Chicago Public Schools
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Karen Lewis, Politics, Plant Closings, Separation of Church and State
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House gambling sponsor recuses self because of potential conflict
— The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie wrote to the House clerk that he is now affiliated with a law...
Tags: Skokie, Lifestyle and Leisure, Organized Crime, Terry Link, Politics
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Toned down 'Today Show' hits Chicago
Big picture, not much went right for the “Today Show's” planned broadcast from Chicago this week. First, terrible, significant news happened in Oklahoma, meaning stars Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie would never make it to the live location...
Tags: Navy Pier, Lifestyle and Leisure, Television Industry, Bill Rancic, Natalie Morales
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Scarce public funds shouldn't be used on DePaul stadium
Mayor Rahm Emanuel pleads poverty when it comes to education, public safety and Wrigley Field upgrades. But now he says a new basketball stadium for DePaul University is necessary, even though owners of the United Center offered the venue for free. Why...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Politics, Dwayne Johnson, Wrigley Field, Government
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Economic Policy, Politics, Political Corruption, Republican Party
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, DePaul University, Disasters and Accidents, Tornadoes, Karen Lewis
May 23, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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