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In what they claim is a move to improve academic performance, Chicago Public Schools have announced they'll be doing a major reshuffling of schools, including consolidating some and closing others altogether. A vote on the closings is expected January 28, though groups of angry parents are already planning a protest. WBEZ has the story here, as well as the break down of what's happening to which school after the jump.
Via WBEZ:
Closing
- Carpenter: Students will go to Ogden, Talcott and Lozano.
- Las Casas Occup. High School: Students will go to neighborhood schools.
- Nia Foundation: Students go to neighborhood schools.
- Peabody: Students will go to Ogden, Talcott and Lozano.
- Princeton: Students will go to neighborhood schools.
- South Chicago: Students will go to neighborhood schools.
Consolidating
- Abbott: Merged into Hendrix.
- Davis Developmental Center: Merged with Hughes in a new building.
- Global Vision High School: Merged into New Millennium.
- Medill: Merged into Smith-Joyner.
- Schiller: Merged into Jenner.
Phasing Out
- Key: Students will go to Ellington.
- Lathrop: Students will go to Johnson and Lawndale.
- Hamilton: Students will go to Blaine, Burley and Audubon.
- Reed: Students will go to Banneker, Parker and Nicholson.
- Best Practice High School.
Turning Around (staff to be replaced)
- Bethune.
- Curtis.
- Dulles.
- Fenger High School.
- Holmes.
- Johnson.
- Lavizzo.
- Ross.
- Yale.
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I went to Ogden a while back and, unless things have changed and the pre-IB program is no longer there, I find it hard to believe they will be able to fit more students there...I imagine it will be similar at the other schools taking on new students.
Between this and the rumors that South Loop and Jones College Prep are going to become "neighborhood" schools, it's always nice to know that CPS is still in the business of enriching some children at the expense of others. Some of these schools couldn't possibly take more children if they tried.
my spider sense tells me that this is more of Daley playing shuffle board or three card monte with the lives of poor Black and Brown kids, which is even more unsettling with Arnie Duncan getting the top education post. I do think Duncan will do better out from under Daley's yoke, but still its like awarding a Nazi war functionary, F*cking sad yo, F*cking sad