CPS High Schools in Flux - Part 3

Hopefully my series on a number of CPS high schools who are shrinking in size is not simply a litany of all that is 'wrong' but it also gets to the crucial points of how students aren't properly served and what can be done going forward. So it's true that a good number of the 17 schools I've mentioned over the past couple of days will be closed.

In the meantime a number of schools will stay open next year. Some are facing a dirth of students, a number are having to cut class offerings, resources are lacking, and principals are faced with severely slashed budgets. Sadly, a number of these schools are in need of repairs and, more importantly, they need an infusion of hope and great teachers.

Sadly, the above produces a cycle of students continuing to flee a number of these 17 schools. To give you a sense of the scattering, the Chicago Tribune has reported that some of the students living in these 17 school boundary areas, instead of attending their neighborhood high school, attended at least 90 different CPS high schools!!

All of this is sad news for many of these communities that are already suffering from various socio-economic woes. Many quite simply, and tragically, are left behind.

Dick