WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Hearing officers come out against 11 school closings and 1 co-location. They recommend holding off until 2014-15 on two additional school closings.

CPS parents say they have no proof that new savings projections are right either.

The participating students wrote a letter explaining that they were going to walk out for a number of reasons--but mostly, they walked out for their teachers.

Chicago’s school district had told the public that closing 54 schools would save $560 million over 10 years. Now says that number is $438 million.

CPS is paying a logistics firm $14.2 million to inventory everything from student records to textbooks in all schools set to be closed, turned around, or “co-located” with other schools.

WBEZ has reported a lot about Harper High School’s struggle with neighborhood violence. This week, Harper High is celebrating some good news.

Chicago is holding more than 190 community meetings and public hearings this spring—all required by law—to gather feedback on its proposal to close an unprecedented 54 schools.