Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday afternoon that a multi-million dollar addition will be built to an overcrowded elementary school on the far Northwest Side.
iPads and air conditioners were handed out by the Chicago School Board to the welcoming schools that are taking in new students from schools that closed, but so far, kids at other Chicago Public Schools have not received these new items.
When many Chicago kids go back to school Monday they'll be going to a different school than they did just a few months ago. Friday, ABC7 got an inside tour of one of the so-called welcoming schools.
Jesse Owens Community Academy on the South Side was one of the dozens of elementary schools Chicago Public Schools closed this year and soon it will have a new name.
School closings will be the topic of a community meeting Monday evening. The meeting will be held at the Apostolic Church of God at 63rd and Dorchester on Chicago's South Side.
The proposed budget for Chicago Public Schools includes a 2 percent raise for teachers. That's the initial offer made to the union during contract talks.
Bowing to pressure from parents and teachers, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday his modified plan for a longer school day in Chicago Public Schools.
The installation of new, high-definition security cameras in 14 Chicago public schools is now complete, CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard announced Thursday morning.