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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sarah Karp | WBEZ

Chicago families plead for a second chance for Hope Institute Learning Academy, which is set to close

Chicago Board of Education members listen to public comment at each monthly meeting, including on Wednesday when parents spoke out against the closing of the Hope Institute Learning Academy. (Pat Nabong /Sun-Times file photo)

Parents and teachers begged the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday to keep their school intact after a school operator abruptly announced they were closing it.

Hope Institute Learning Academy opened in 2009, promising to create a unique community where students with autism and other disabilities would be catered to in an environment with students without special needs.

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