Protesters unmoved by CPS concession
Despite a Chicago Public Schools promise Thursday to delay demolition of the Whittier School field house for six months, Pilsen protesters refused to abandon a sit-in because schools CEO Ron Huberman would not promise to convert the field house to a library.
Whittier heat on, demolition off
The City Council on Wednesday "ordered" Chicago Public Schools to postpone demolition of the Whittier School field house and restore heat cut off on protesting Pilsen parents.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman to step down
Sun-Times Exclusive: Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman has told Mayor Daley he has no intention of serving another mayor and intends to leave his $230,000-a-year job long before the mayor leaves office in mid-May. Huberman's departure could mean Daley would have to turn over the nation's third-largest school system in the middle of the school year to a caretaker schools chief who would be replaced by yet another schools chief after a new mayor is seated.
Sun-Times Exclusive: Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman has told Mayor Daley he has no intention of serving another mayor and intends to leave his $230,000-a-year job long before the mayor leaves office in mid-May. Huberman's departure could mean Daley would have to turn over the nation's third-largest school system in the middle of the school year to a caretaker schools chief who would be replaced by yet another schools chief after a new mayor is seated.
Task force: Turn heat back on for Pilsen protesters
Pilsen parents who are fighting the demolition of the Whittier Elementary fieldhouse won the backing of a powerful ally Tuesday. A legislative task force recommended that the Chicago Public Schools restore heat to the fieldhouse and halt demolition plans until the group releases recommendations on how CPS should decide which facilities to repair or build.
Pilsen parents who are fighting the demolition of the Whittier Elementary fieldhouse won the backing of a powerful ally Tuesday. A legislative task force recommended that the Chicago Public Schools restore heat to the fieldhouse and halt demolition plans until the group releases recommendations on how CPS should decide which facilities to repair or build.