'Safe Passage' Routes Tested On First Day Of Class For Chicago Public Schools
By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 26, 2013 9:00PM
Protests outside LaFayette Elementary, May 2013. (Photo credit: Courtney Mowry
All eyes were on Chicago Public Schools "Safe Passage" routes Monday as over 400,000 students returned to class after a tumultuous summer for the school system that closed an unprecedented 50 schools in one fell swoop and drastically cut the budgets for other schools across the system.
Below is a storify detailing some of the highlights of the first day.