The sensations of the first day of school in Chicago — from excited introductions to relearning to sit still — remain a mystery for Johanderson Velasquez, a recent immigrant, because he was turned away before he got the chance.
The 13-year-old from Venezuela arrived Monday morning at a CPS location near where his family is staying — hoping to enroll, but instead he was told that the school didn’t have enough Spanish speakers on staff to accommodate him.
