Tuesday, February 24, 2009

CPS Changes Course On Six Schools

A press release from CPS posted on the Chicago Schools blog:
The decision to withdraw proposals to close or turnaround Peabody Elementary School (1444 W. Augusta Ave); Las Casas (8401 S. Saginaw Ave,); Yale Elementary School (7025 S. Princeton Ave.), Hamilton Elementary School (1650 W. Cornelia Ave.), Holmes Elementary School (955 W. Garfield Blvd.) and Global Visions High School (2710 E. 89th St.) will be presented at the February 25th Board Meeting.  Board members are expected to vote on the proposed recommendations.

Peabody, Yale, Las Casas, Hamilton, Holmes and Global Visions are among 22 Chicago Public Schools proposed for changes earlier this year.
So Yale according the the EveryBlock feed for the 6th Ward is located in the ward. So for those of you who are concerned about Yale here's more from the Tribune:
While Yale Elementary, at 7025 S. Princeton, was designated a "turn around" school, meaning all of the school's staff was to reapply for their jobs, Huberman said the school had been showing academic improvement in reading and math over the last three years. He said he wanted to give the school more time to improve.
Good news.

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