CPS reverses itself, gives job candidate a 2nd chance Tribune: In July, I told you about Darrell Langdon, a Chicago man who applied to the Chicago Public Schools system for a job as a stationary engineer (or boiler room engineer) but was turned down because of a drug conviction 25 years ago...
Mother faces murder anniversary Tribune: The Chicago Public Schools system has redesigned its safety and security center, moved it to headquarters and added more access to city cameras. And police installed a new computer database to track daily incidents, from curfew violations to violent crimes around high schools.
It's about time, say charter schools Tribune: Charles Fields doesn't mind being in school until 5 p.m.-- even though he knows most of his peers would regard it as punishment, like detention. "I like it because I get to learn more," said the eighth-grader, juggling books under his arm...
CPS takes former employee to court in payment battle Tribune: Carol Collins-Watts thought she was doing the right thing. The former Chicago Public Schools therapist quit her job after the 2006-07 school year to take a position with another district. When two additional paychecks were deposited in her bank.
