CPS moves forward with Near South Side high school plan, despite opposition to location

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Opponents say Chicago Public Schools should focus on the buildings they have.

in the South Loop would be repurposed to allow for a mix of neighborhood and selective enrollment students; and $30 million would be split between Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville, Tilden High School in Canaryville and Thomas Kelly College Prep in Brighton Park for improvements.

“We don’t need to be part of a matriarchy, where you tell us what’s best for us. We don’t need that. We know what we need for our communities,” Wilson said. “I hope that the board members recognize who they’re responsible to and who their duty is to. And I hope that the mayor ultimately gets that it’s not about her and what she wants. It’s about what the community wants. And right now we’ll just hope and see.

“I understand the pushback from CPS has been that there’s no infrastructure there right now, and that it will take a longer time to be completed,” Chan McKibben said about The 78. She noted that thewas announced for that site just last week. “We really would like some synergy between these projects.”

 

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