Bell School was given an “A” grade by the Chicago Public Schools and was ranked 13th among all Chicago Public elementary schools in an internal school board report of academic performance. In the Ravenswood neighborhood 3 neighborhood elementary schools are given D+ or D- grades. Three of 4 neighborhood high schools are rated C-.
The Waters Elementary School Field House was demolished on Monday. The Field House, located in a garden at the south end of the property, had become a center for a community garden and an ecology program at the school. The school plans to replace the building with a much smaller structure, according to Pete...
The Welles Park Bulldog is seeking to force the Chicago Public Schools to release the nominating petitions of residents running for Local School Council in eleven schools, part of an effort by the on-line publication that pits privacy issues against the public’s right to know. In a March 12th letter by Bulldog attorney Terrance...
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