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CPS to settle 2 special ed students’ sex assault lawsuits for $1.5M

The agreements come after the Board of Education approved a $1 million settlement last month in a similar complaint by a special education student at a North Side elementary school.

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CPS releases calendar for 2022-23 school year

Chicago Public Schools students are due back Aug. 22 for what would be the district’s earliest start in recent memory.

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The mask mandate returns to six Chicago Public Schools classrooms amid COVID-19 spike at school

CHICAGO — Brenna O’Brien, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Chicago’s John C. Coonley Elementary School, wasn’t sure over the weekend what she’s going to do on Monday when her kids were supposed to be back in their classrooms.

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CPS high schools see more money but nearly half of elementary budgets cut

High schools were the biggest beneficiaries of an influx of federal cash, while enrollment drops led to less money for many schools.

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Challenge to Jones principal’s Chicago residency bolstered by public records tying him to Missouri

The Local School Council has accused Principal Joseph Powers of breaking CPS residency rules. Records show he votes and owns property and cars in St. Louis — not in Chicago.

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Teenager admits ‘racially abusing Marcus Rashford after Euro 2020 final’

Justin Lee Price, 19, directed a slur at the 24-year-old striker after England’s defeat in a penalty shoot-out against Italy last summer.

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Courts condemn Home Office and CPS in two separate trafficking cases

Court of appeal’s rejection of the Home Office’s appeal a ‘landmark ruling’ for victims

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Political operative Roberto Caldero to plead guilty, but says ‘at no time … would I be wearing a wire’

Prosecutors hit Caldero more than a year ago with an eight-count indictment saying he leaned on then-Ald. Danny Solis in 2016 to help an Ohio company win a $1 billion CPS custodial services contract and to get a street and park named in honor of members of the Cacciatore family.

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CPS mask-optional policy upheld, for now, by labor board in blow to teachers union

The Illinois Education Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 Wednesday against a preliminary injunction sought by the Chicago Teachers Union.

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Ex-CPS principal sues school cafeteria worker, CPD detective who charged him

Now that his criminal case is over, Kurt Jones is heading to federal court, accusing the cafeteria worker and detective of violating his civil rights “by having him arrested and prosecuted for these crimes.”

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Sales rep charged in fraud scheme at Brennemann Elementary School

Debra M. Bannack is accused of participating in a scam to fraudulently deliver iPhones, iPads and prepaid gift cards to administrators and others at the school for personal use, allegedly cheating CPS out of $75,000.

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Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids wore face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

Chicago Tribune

Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids were wearing face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

Chicago Tribune

Many kids still masked on first day without CPS mask mandate

Some parents at Portage Park Elementary said they wanted to to play it safe — at least for now.

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Key to CTA security is taking petty crimes seriously

Breaking windows, eating, smoking, urinating, fare jumping, trash flipping and graffiti may be easily brushed off. But ignoring these smaller transgressions leads to more serious consequences.

Chicago Tribune

Michael Phillips: ‘Let the Little Light Shine,’ the Chicago documentary about race, education, politics and dissent, electrifies True/False Film Fest

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The recent world premiere of a sensationally effective Chicago documentary tore the roof clean off two different theaters at the 2022 True/False Film Festival.

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CPS selective enrollment schools to accept fewer affluent students under proposed change

In one of his first major moves as CEO, Pedro Martinez is proposing the school district drop part of the current system that awards 30% of the seats at these schools strictly based on a student’s seventh grade marks and test scores.

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‘This is what we do: we build robots’

Highland Park robotics team competes in state tournament Saturday, hopes to bring their program to CPS.

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CPS CEO doesn’t expect major dustup with CTU over lifting mask mandate

Pedro Martinez also said in a speech Wednesday that he wants to “reimagine” CPS, which has seen plummeting enrollment in recent years and is at a “crossroads.”

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS parents, if you haven’t done so yet —please get your children vaccinated

Vaccination rates are increasing, but only 49% of students overall are fully vaccinated. At dozens of schools, the vaccination rate is 10% or fewer.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago teachers ‘pissed off and exhausted’ over mask mandate lifting, but CPS vows to work with union to avoid another work stoppage

CHICAGO — The head of Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday he does not anticipate a teacher work stoppage from the upcoming removal of the districtwide mask mandate, even as the Chicago Teachers Union swiftly vowed to fight the decision.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highly rated Chicago high school’s LSC recommends CPS fire its principal

The controversial vote pushes the LSC’s broken relationship with Principal Joseph Powers into further turmoil and threatens to divide one of Chicago’s highest-rated high schools.

Chicago Sun-Times

Parents group says it was blindsided by CPS’ plan to lift mask mandate

Masks become optional districtwide March 14.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Public Schools to drop mask mandate on March 14; teachers union vows to fight the change without collective bargaining

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools announced Monday it will make masks optional for staff and students at schools and on school buses beginning March 14, setting up another showdown with the Chicago Teachers Union over COVID-19 safety protocols.

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