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School closings

As CPS prepares to close a record number of schools, the fate of students and communities is in question.

Sarah Karp and Rebecca Vevea (WBEZ-Chicago Public Media)

July 13, 2012

If a budget is a document that shows an organization’s priorities and direction, the CPS budget released last week reveals in stark black-and-white the undercurrent of much of the discussion so far: District officials are directing resources—and students—to magnet, specialty, selective and charter schools. An interactive map (below) created by WBEZ/Chicago Public Media and Catalyst Chicago showsthe school-level impact of the budget.

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