North suburban family lied to get into selective CPS schools, inspector general finds

Northside College Preparatory School, located at 5501 N. Kedzie Ave., on the Northwest Side. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file)

A north suburban Lincolnwood family improperly sent their two kids to a Chicago Public Schools selective enrollment elementary school for six years.

Then, once it was time for high school, the family moved into the city but lied about living in a lower income neighborhood to boost the children’s chances of getting into a selective enrollment high school.