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What losing students really means for Chicago schools

Recent “worst case” estimates say Chicago Public Schools could lose 15,000 students next year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds of boxes filled with mental health support, resources assembled for CPS students

Find Your Anchor partnered with CPS, Children First Fund and Born This Way Foundation — founded by singer Lady Gaga, who performs tonight at Wrigley Field — to give city teens care packages containing mental health resources.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fined for racially abusing England players after Euro 2020 loss

Hugh Laidlaw was also ordered to pay a £1,000, fine, costs of £775 and a surcharge of £128 after posting an offensive image and comment on Facebook.

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CPS halts prosecution of six protesters for attending Sarah Everard vigil

The six protesters had been accused of breaking lockdown rules by attending the vigil.

The Independent UK

Sarah Everard: Met Police told to drop action against vigil protesters

Crown Prosecution Service discontinued attempts to prosecute six people because it was not in the public interest

The Independent UK

Sarah Everard: Met forced to halt ‘absurd’ convictions over vigil

CPS decision to stop criminalisation of women under fast-track justice procedure is further humiliation for UK’s biggest police force

The Guardian - UK

CPS enrollment could drop by 15,000 students — but that could benefit the district overall, researchers say

A new analysis predicts K-12 enrollment in Chicago could be as low as 262,000 by 2025 — down from 378,000 a decade ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Whitney Young’s new principal, Chicago’s favorite places to thrift and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Islamic State: Aine Davis charged with terror offences after arrest in UK

Man accused of being fourth member of cell known as ‘the Beatles’ appears in London court after being deported from Turkey

The Guardian - UK

Whitney Young H.S. selects new principal, only its 4th in 47 years, to replace retiring Joyce Kenner

Assistant Principal Rickey Harris takes over the prestigious Near West Side school. Harris has served two stints at Whitney Young, his first from 2006 to 2010 as the school’s dean of students before returning in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times

How filmmaker Kevin Shaw shaped Chicago schools controversy into the rousing documentary ‘Let the Little Light Shine’

CHICAGO — We’ll get to the high point — the explosive reception so far for filmmaker Kevin Shaw’s irresistible Chicago documentary “Let the Little Light Shine” — in a minute.

Chicago Tribune

We must support our teachers, just like they support our children

The start of the new school year is an opportunity to recommit ourselves to those efforts. A recent report by the Illinois State Board of Education found roughly 5,300 unfilled positions at Illinois schools, including more than 1,000 openings at CPS.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman in fierce row with neighbour over 50ft hedge admits defeat... 20 years later

Bath and North East Somerset Council have ruled that she cannot order the hedgerow to be cut short, because the trees don't block access to her property and her home still gets enough light

Daily Mirror

Street harassment laws explained: MPs approve plans to make behaviour a criminal offence

The new bill makes catcalling, stalking, blocking someone’s path and exposure a crime

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Morgan Park has its helmets and state playoff dreams as football practice begins

The helmet delay put Morgan Park at a disadvantage all summer. And rivals took notice.

Wales Online

New rules from today mean people should report d*** pics to police

Research by dating app Bumble in November suggested that 48% of women aged 18 to 24 had received an unwanted sexual image in the previous year

The Guardian - UK

Report upskirting and cyberflashing to the police, victims told

CPS move comes after it was found most women don’t think some forms of harassment are serious enough to report them

Chronicle Live

'Feeling safe should not be a luxury for women' - Victims sent unwanted sexual images urged to tell police

Celebrities including Emily Atack and former Love Island star Zara McDermott have spoken out the distress caused by cyber-flashing

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The Independent UK

Victims sent unwanted sexual images urged to tell police

The Crown Prosecution Service has issued new legal guidance on public sexual harassment and wants more victims to come forward.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS takes another budget hit, loses $30M in expected state funding

The state’s largest school district by far was surprisingly categorized Friday in the second tier of financial need — a move that comes with a corresponding drop in funding.

Nottingham Post

Stalker Alex Belfield has shelled out '£300,000 already' on his legal case

A judge recommended he get legal advice

The Independent UK

Teenager sentenced over attack on rabbi who was struck with a brick

Souraka Djabouri, 19, has been sentenced to three years and seven months in a young offender institution.

Liverpool Echo

Man claims 'mafia guards' forced him to look after cannabis farm

An appeal court heard the Vietnamese national was forced to tend to the illicit crop - although he had a car and cash

Chicago Sun-Times

Laid-off CPS librarian finds new home — and mandate — at King College Prep

“I was super, super excited and so thankful that this principal has a vision and knows his students deserve this and is making it happen with a really tight budget,” Nora Wiltse said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sexual misconduct investigation forces out lauded charter school leader Tim King, sources say

An attorney for King, the founder of Urban Prep Academies, denied allegations he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student.

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