Four Englewood High Schools Set To Close
Ain't no new hs coming ... Same ol tricky..
So mfs couldn't have built it first?
reading this article it seems like they're trying to start one big charter School
Chicago Public Schools closing and consolidation plan would affect thousands of students
Juan Perez Jr.Contact ReporterChicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools on Friday moved ahead with school closing and merger proposals that would affect thousands of kids next school year.
Under a previously announced plan, four South Side schools would close over the summer and the district would send hundreds of displaced students to surrounding schools. One building would be demolished to make way for a new high school, and privately operated charter schools would take over two other sites, under the district’s plan.
Students at two predominantly African-American elementary schools near downtown would merge with more diverse campuses. One of those buildings, in the growing South Loop area, would gradually convert into a new high school.
In addition, Hirsch, one of the city’s lowest-enrolled high schools, would share space for a privately run charter school program that’s backed by a local megachurch and a foundation headed by hip-hop artist Common.
Chicago Public Schools plans to close four schools: TEAM Englewood Community Academy, Robeson High School, Haper High School and John Hope College Prep.
(Chicago Tribune)
“This is a mayor who has done nothing to address the needs of our struggling neighborhoods, or the needs of the Black and Latino students whose schools he chronically underfunds and neglects,” union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said in a statement. “His actions are contemptible.”
Jackson said the Urban Prep charter network, which already operates a school inside TEAM Englewood’s campus, will take over the entire building. A KIPP Chicago Charter Schools program will also keep its current spot inside Hope’s campus.
Robeson’s building will be demolished and replaced with a new $85 million campus scheduled to open for freshmen in 2019.
What to do with Harper’s building has yet to be decided, Jackson said.
Hirsch, one of the city’s most underenrolled neighborhood high schools, would open its campus to the Art In Motion charter school next fall. CPS said the charter program, which is backed in part by the New Life Covenant Church and Common Ground Foundation, would first open to seventh- and eighth-graders before expanding to include a high school program.
Mahalia Hines, a member of the Chicago Board of Education and mother of the hip-hop performer Common, also serves on the board of her son’s foundation.
Cardenas and Castellanos, two neighboring schools in the Little Village neighborhood, would consolidate under one administration — but continue to operate in separate buildings.
The Haugan and Henry elementary campuses on the Northwest Side would expand to include seventh- and eighth-grade classes over the coming two school years, replacing a middle school program that was recently opened inside Roosevelt High School.
The Rudolph and Hope Institute programs for special education students will also combine operations.
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Imagine FENGER 2009 times 10... 
