Even as CPS opens more new schools, children with special needs have a tougher time finding options. Placements in private therapeutic schools are scarce, and some charters are reluctant to enroll them.
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West Side Kid Picked For DC Internship
By: Alexander Russo / September 25, 2009
Here's some good news sent to my by the folks from Al Raby about a CPS kid who's been picked to be a US Senate page in Washington. Congrats to all involved, including the school and of course the family.
There are a handful of kids from Chicago who get to do this every year, picked based on grades and letters of recommendation from elected officials. I don't know how many kids from the West and South sides get to do it, but I'm glad to see there's at least one. Click here to read the article (PDF).
Marilyn Stewart and Ted Dallas were particularly good at that pocket stuffing you dismiss so cavalierly.
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