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It looks like the results for the Chicago Early Learning Infant/Toddler applications were released today. Is this similar to the CPS elementary school process, where you accept the offer, and the program starts on a CPS calendar schedule? And are all of these programs tuition free? (In this case, my...
Has anyone taken the 5 mental health days now allowed under the Illinois new law for students? Planning to travel at the beginning of June with kids and categorize the absences from school as mental health days which truly they are after the 2 hard years. Are there any caveats to ta...
Round 1 offers will be released April 29! Post your offers here for CPS magnet and open enrollment schools, including magnet preschools Suder and Drummond. ...
I received this email twice in the past few days, calling for Board Chair of Latin to resign. Does anyone know if this is happening? ...
Our youngest has been offered a spot at Skinner North and we are thinking of relocating nearby and finding a new school for our older children (we have become disillusioned by the academic focus at our neighborhood school). We are considering Lincoln Elementary and may also have an opportunity...
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