Parents and their supporters at Whittier Dual Language Elementary School in Chicago‘s Southwest Side neighborhood of Pilsen are not declaring a victory just yet. The group has been camping out at the school’s field house for more than a month in an effort to prevent Chicago Public Schools from tearing down the building, which they wanted to be renovated to include a library.

On Wednesday, district officials and a handful of politicians met with protesters and agreed to lease the field house to a nonprofit for $1. The district also agreed to create a library for the school, but the location of the library still needs to be hammered out. Schools chief Ron Huberman said he’d like to build a library within the school, but protester Michelle Palencia said she’d like to see a nearby vacant police station converted into a library.

Palencia has a 6-year-old son who attends Whittier. She said she told her son of yesterday’s development, but she didn’t tell him it was a done deal.

“I didn’t want to get his hopes up,” she said. “I did tell him that this is a big step forward.”

The future of the Whittier field house is expected to be addressed at next Wednesday’s Chicago Board of Education meeting. Palencia said school officials will meet with parents the next day to go over locations for the new library.

Palencia said she can “breath easier” now, but she said the standoff at Whittier could have been resolved much sooner.

“I think they should just listen to the people,” she said. “If you just take the time to listen, you’ll know what to do. When they take actions without talking to us, then that’s where the problems arise.”