Should Chicago close more schools? Candidates for school board president diverge on key issue
Closing public schools in Chicago became a political hot potato after former Mayor Rahm Emanuel shuttered 50 at once in 2013, creating upheaval in communities and leaving neighborhoods with decaying empty buildings.But as student enrollment continues to drop, a growing chorus of people say it’s time to do another round.A moratorium on school closings will lift in January, just as the city’s first fully elected school board is sworn into office. For decades, the mayor controlled the school board…
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A 56-year-old woman was wounded after being shot in an alley in Chatham late Thursday, police said.At about 8:12 p.m., police said the woman was walking in an alley in the 8100 block of South Maryland Avenue when she reportedly heard a verbal altercation and saw a 23-year-old woman run to the area from a nearby apartment complex, being pursued by a man. The man then pulled a gun and fired several shots at the woman. One of the rounds hit the 56-year-old woman in the leg. The 23-year-old woman…