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Four of the five candidates for school board president are facing challenges. But in a surprise move, the Chicago Teachers Union says it didn’t file any challenges. The union has been accused of leaning on this strategy to remove candidates from the ballot in past elections.
The decision to hear the case is significant because the Vatican often declines to do so. The group of parents who appealed to the pope is also calling on the Archdiocese of Chicago to institute a three-year moratorium on Catholic school closings.
Over 40 Tilden students, staff, violence prevention activists and family members walked from the high school at 4747 S. Union Ave. to Ramirez’s vigil at 51st and Throop streets in the Back of the Yards.
Simeon Career Academy is known for its sports and trades programs. So when the Chicago high school decided to put on its first play in recent memory, students had no idea what they were in for.
Judy Mahoney and Byrne Elementary staff and students gathered Tuesday outside the Southwest Side school to call for Chicago Public Schools to retain her position permanently.
Illinois will soon join 35 states that have already prohibited or limited cellphone use in classrooms after state lawmakers took action on Sunday. The legislation is expected to go into effect for the 2027-2028 school year.
Hyde Park Academy recently booted out two community groups that provided staff to help students keep calm and resolve conflicts. Students say it’s an especially bad time to lose extra support because they’re still processing the deaths of several classmates.
Ricardo Navarrete took part in his high school’s intramural soccer tournament a day after being released from immigration detention. It was his first game since federal immigration authorities took him and his mother into custody earlier this year.
The man, 23, was taken into custody shortly after Tuesday morning’s shooting, but he was released Thursday, police said. Pedro Ramirez, 17, was killed and two men were wounded in the shooting.
Five candidates are running for the powerful president’s seat, but incumbents are running unopposed in two districts. The other 18 districts have competitive races with two or three contenders.
Family, friends devastated after Tilden High honor roll student fatally shot while walking to school
“They robbed my son of his future,” said the mother of 17-year-old Pedro Ramirez, a two-sport athlete struck by stray gunfire Tuesday morning shortly after leaving his Back of the Yards home.
After 18-year-old Ricardo Navarrete and his mother, Liliana, were detained by immigration officials in March, the teen’s school and soccer community rallied to call attention to their case.
The school, at 326 Joliet St., went on lockdown around 11:40 a.m. after it received a call from someone saying they wanted to harm the building, according to a statement from Community High School District 94. A graduation ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m. was set to go on, according to a district spokesperson.
Candidates for school board have until May 26 to gather enough signatures and file their petitions. Many candidates said they wanted to focus on increasing reading and math scores, making sure the board maintains independence and improving financial transparency.
Mung Chiang will be Northwestern University’s first Asian American president. He assumes leadership following a rocky period at the university marked by layoffs and scrutiny from Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration.
The grant, doled out over the next five years, is one of the largest financial awards CPS has received for arts education, according to the district.
Parents and faculty say the policy limits what teachers can talk about and makes it harder to show students how to be good community members. But Lab School administrators say the “viewpoint-neutral” model is more aligned with the school’s values.