Parents organize to protect area schools
By: Sarah Karp / May 18, 2012
Logan Square parents and community activists held a rally Friday morning in front of Ames Middle School. After rumors circulated about plans to re-purpose the middle school, the group decided to form the Logan Square Schools Facilities Committee. CPS officials denied the rumors, but parents are still skeptical, says Maria Trejo, a Logan Square Neighborhood Association staff member who works inside Ames. The committee will come up with their own plan for how schools in the community should be used and hopes that CPS officials will