CPS High Schools in Flux - Part 1

The Chicago Tribune has undertaken a review of CPS high schools and they have found that 17 of them have enrollments of 516 or fewer students. Many of these schools have enrollments below 300 pupils. To say that these high schools are facing serious problems, not to mention the closing of their doors, is an understatement.

In the next few days I'll try to recapture some of the major points of the Tribune articles and get into more depth on what is not only likely to take place but endeavor to shed some light on many of the hidden reasons for the demise in population as well as what will surely be the effects on the various communities.

Here's where we are at. CPS WILL close three schools at the end of the current school year. Those schools are Robeson, Hope and Harper. No doubt these students, their families and staff, not to mention the communities, are certainly feeling the pain and not merely the pain of closing but - underclass students - the pain of what lies ahead.

As I go forward in the coming days I'll address; losses in enrollment, what the losses mean in terms of programs offered in the schools, the loss of income that comes with decreases in student enrollment and current other problems the 17 schools are facing.