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A man watches protesters from the Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

Amid protests, Chicago Board of Education votes to keep school police, but also moves to create phase-out plan

August 26, 2020 at 7:36 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education will enter into another yearlong contract with the Chicago Police Department, this time not to exceed $12.1 million. In the meantime, the board gave Chicago...

A CPS security officer looks out from Chicago Public School offices on Aug. 26, 2020.

CPS reverses course, cuts cost of tuition-based prekindergarten during remote learning

August 26, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools announced Wednesday that it will discount the cost of its tuition-based prekindergarten programs by 50% during remote learning — though that may not be enough to save...

Colin Theis plays with his 4-year-old daughter Charlotte Theis-Brigell outside their home. He and his wife decided to keep their daughter in a CPS pre-kindergarten even though it will be virtual, but knows other families aren't able to do that.

CPS will charge thousands in tuition for virtual prekindergarten this fall — day care not included

August 24, 2020 at 8:14 p.m.

When it meant a 10-hour school day with social interaction and field trips for their children, the Theis-Brigells and many other families decided high-quality public prekindergarten was worth about $1,500...

Jalen Kobayashi speaks during a news conference as activists prepare to march.

Chicago school resource officers could be phased out under Board of Ed proposal amid ongoing protests

August 24, 2020 at 5:45 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education could soon ask district leaders to come up with a plan to phase out school police. On the agenda for the board meeting Wednesday is...

Roberto Clemente Community Academy Principal Fernando Mojica is flanked by Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, left, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot at they discuss reforms to school police programs during a news conference at City Hall.

CPS schools that voted to oust officers tend to be whiter. One critic said that reflects a ‘racist … belief that Black students deserve to be policed.’

August 20, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

After Northside College Prep's Local School Council became the first in Chicago Public Schools to vote police officers off campus, student representative Luna Johnston was excited and hopeful more schools...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, is joined by Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson to announce reforms to the school police program.

Police in Chicago Public Schools will get more training and oversight in reforms announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot

August 19, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday announced reforms to the controversial program that places Chicago Police Department officers in the city's schools, adding more specific commitments around...

CPS schools, including Carl Von Linne Elementary School, will be starting the year with remote learning.

Chicago Public Schools’ new fall plan includes full days of remote and live learning, but prompts union grievance

August 18, 2020 at 8:31 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools had barely released its fall remote learning plan Tuesday when the Chicago Teachers Union announced it had filed a grievance over the guidance that union President Jesse...

Demonstrators rally on their way to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's house during the Student Summit and March for Police Free Schools on Aug. 13, 2020, in Logan Square.

7 out of 10 people arrested at CPS schools are Black, and most are younger than 18

August 14, 2020 at 9:29 p.m.

More than 73% of people arrested at Chicago Public Schools last year were Black, though Black students account for only 36% of the student population, according to data released Friday...

Demonstrators walk down Milwaukee Avenue during the Student Summit and March for Police Free Schools. Protesters tried to march to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's house but were blocked by police.

Protesters against police in schools turned away from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s block: ‘It felt normal, coming to say how we feel and being shut down’

August 13, 2020 at 7:39 p.m.

Frustrated by the mounting tally of Local School Councils voting to keep Chicago police officers stationed on their campuses, more than 100 hundred students and supporters of police-free schools marched...

Jasmine Bradley, left, and Jermaine Pleasant attend an Aug. 3 vigil for their brother, slain teen activist Caleb Reed.

After tribute to slain teen activist Caleb Reed, Mather High council votes out school resource officer

August 12, 2020 at 11:35 a.m.

Still feeling "a little scattered" from Caleb Reed's wake earlier Tuesday, Mather High School counselor Paige Stenzel logged in to the Local School Council meeting to support the removal of...

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