Chicago Public Schools is setting aside $70 million for a new Near South high school, giving the community a major boost in its yearslong push for a new building in or near Chinatown.
The district’s investment, revealed in its new capital budget released Tuesday, is on top of to $50 million the Illinois Legislature allocated to the project two years ago. The funding doesn’t officially green-light a new school, but it’s a step in that direction.
