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The ASPIRA network, which operates three publicly funded but privately managed charters under Chicago Public Schools, approved closure of the campus in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.
Control over curriculum, teacher planning time and teacher evaluations are major sticking points nine months into talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools officials.
The school — which wasn’t named in the Office of the Inspector General report released Wednesday — routed a higher percentage of kids into JROTC in the 2023-24 school year, up from 93% to 96%. The only freshmen enrolled in PE instead of JROTC that year were five special education students.
Some affluent families driving Mercedes-Benz cars were found trying to receive low-income designations to gain fee waivers, according to a report released Wednesday by the office of the interim CPS inspector general.
Los padres y educadores de Acero vieron la votación como una victoria masiva después de semanas de protestas contra los cierres planificados de 7 escuelas.
Había solicitado una orden de restricción temporal para evitar que la junta tomara medidas el viernes luego de una lucha de liderazgo de meses con el alcalde Brandon Johnson que ha envuelto al distrito escolar.
He had asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent the board from taking action Friday after a monthslong leadership struggle with Mayor Brandon Johnson that has engulfed the school district.
Acero parents and educators saw the vote as a massive win after weeks of protests against the planned school closings. Dozens broke into huge cheers and applause at a special board meeting Friday
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education is set to take action on Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez on Friday — why is this drawn out drama coming to a head now?
La junta escolar programó una reunión especial para el viernes para aprobar una resolución que ordene a los funcionarios de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago seguir adelante con el plan.