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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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January 24, 2012

After staging a sit in on the fifth floor of Chicago City Hall over several days, a group of Bronzeville students, parents and community activists met with members of the mayor's staff Monday in an attempt to get Rahm Emanuel's school leadership to back down from its plans for three near South Side Schools.

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