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Students at Columbus Elementary School participate in a Ukrainian bilingual class on March 3, 2022, in Chicago. Many of the children attending the school have ties to Ukraine.

Ukrainian students at CPS school try to process Russian invasion: ‘Very sad and distressed’

March 4, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

Seventh grader Sofiia Bilinska struggled with English when she moved from Ukraine to Chicago two years ago — then she joined the Ukrainian bilingual program at Columbus Elementary School. "I...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez joins students, teachers and CPS leaders on Feb. 14 outside the newly renamed Harriet Tubman Elementary School.

Chicago Public Schools mask mandate expected to end ‘in the near future,’ CEO says

March 2, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez expects that the school district — the largest in the state to still require masks indoors — will move to a "mask optional model...

Leigh Mabry White, a Chicago Public Schools mother and member of Activate Chicago Parents, holds a sign as she joins other parents and supporters at a news conference outside City Hall supporting masks in schools on Feb. 28, 2022. Mask mandates are ending in most of Chicago and Illinois today but will still be required in CPS schools and offices.

Masks still rule in Chicago Public Schools ‘for now’ as rest of Illinois mostly ditches them; CEO says he’s reviewing guidance

February 28, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.

Mask mandates ended in most of Chicago and Illinois Monday, but not in the state's largest school district. Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez reminded families in a Sunday letter...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces that the state's indoor mask mandate will be lifted by the end of February at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2022

Pritzker halts school mask mandate with arrival of new CDC guidance

February 26, 2022 at 8:40 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the...

John Kronenberger, outside of Major Hector P. Garcia M.D. High School, where Kronenberger had been mistakenly ticketed for speeding on Nov. 12. The city of Chicago sent out speeding tickets from cameras near the school on that date, even though no school was in session because of a citywide push to encourage students to get vaccinated.

Chicago speed cameras nabbed drivers around school when kids weren’t in class: ‘6 mph over and they’ll ticket you every time’

February 25, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

The city of Chicago has framed its school speed camera program as a way to keep kids safe, pushing back against claims it's a cash grab by pointing to a...

A desk and a covered water fountain are in a care room at Jordan Community Elementary School in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Jan. 15, 2021.

Chicago Board of Education approves $1M settlement for special ed student who said he was sexually assaulted in CPS bathroom

February 23, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education approved a $1 million payment to a Chicago Public Schools special education student who said he was sexually assaulted in a North Side elementary school...

Kenwood Academy High School students return to school Jan. 12, 2022, following five days off for COVID-19 protocol discussions between CPS and CTU.

Masks are staying in Chicago Public Schools, but some parents clamor for ‘COVID-19 off-ramp’; Catholic schools drop rule

February 24, 2022 at 7:12 a.m.

The mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools was the first order of business at Wednesday's Board of Education meeting, which President Miguel del Valle opened by restating that masks are...

Chicago Public Schools reached a tentative settlement in one case for an amount not yet disclosed.

Two CPS special education students said they were sexually assaulted in school bathrooms. One case was just settled; the other heads to trial this week.

February 15, 2022 at 4:36 p.m.

The trial was already underway when the two sides — Chicago Public Schools and the family of a special education student who said he was sexually assaulted in a school...

Students arrive at Mount Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago on Jan. 11.

Two CPS parents in school mask lawsuit say their kids were told to wear masks or leave Mount Greenwood school, want district held in contempt of court

February 14, 2022 at 6:45 p.m.

A Chicago Public Schools principal and the athletic director for Vernon Hills High School have been ordered to appear in court later this month to explain why they should not...

Parents pick up students after an assembly to mark the school's official name change from Agassiz Elementary School to Harriet Tubman Elementary School on Feb. 14, 2022.

CPS school that changed its name to honor Harriet Tubman makes it official with new sign

February 14, 2022 at 6:19 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools leaders and elected officials unveiled new signage at Harriet Tubman Elementary School on Monday as the Lakeview school continues to distance itself from its prior namesake, the...

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