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Workshop Helps Parents Become Anti-Substance Abuse Community Trainers

In an effort to develop a comprehensive approach to preventing substance abuse in their neighborhood, Hedges Elementary parents have taken the lead as future anti-substance abuse community trainers. Like any other day of the week, Hedges Elementary parents gather around in their cozy community room, make handcrafts and tell jokes. But on Fridays, they deviate [...]

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Preparing for High School: Local Elementaries Prepare Seventh Graders for the High School Application Process

As students anxiously wait for acceptance letters into their top high schools, local elementary schools are already preparing seventh graders for next fall. “I have been working to ensure that our students get as much access to the high school options that are available in the city,” said Barton Dassinger, principal at Cesar E. Chavez [...]

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Transfer Battle: CPS Red Tape Ties Up Incoming Freshmen

Since the beginning of the new academic year, Richards High School principal, Mary Dolan, and neighborhood parents have struggled over the fate of incoming 9th graders who were accepted to other area schools. Parents whose children were ready to start in other high schools but who were also enrolled in the Richards’ roster said their [...]