Chicago Public School college students returned to the their lessons Friday morning after a lecturers strike closed faculties for 11 days. Attendance was sparse in some lecture rooms. Nine second-graders confirmed up in Miss Rankin’s room at Mason Elementary; she normally has 30 college students. Mayor Lori Lightfoot greeted college students at Mason within the Lawndale neighborhood however didn’t take questions from the media. “I’m glad you’re back in school,” Lightfoot stated, asking children what they wore for Halloween. “I’m sure you missed your teacher, and I’m sure she missed you.” The Chicago Teachers Union suspended its strike Thursday after reaching a tentative contract settlement with Lightfoot and CPS. “Teachers needed to do what they
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Whitney Young’s DJ Steward cuts his record to eight schools
Young’s DJ Steward, the state’s top-ranked participant within the Class of 2020, minimize his record to eight in a video launched on Twitter on Thursday. Steward, a senior guard, is right down to DePaul, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Louisville, North Carolina and Texas. Kentucky and Notre Dame have been two notable faculties that didn't make the minimize. The 6-Three guard picked up presents from each Duke and North Carolina following his play at Nike’s Peach Jam on the EYBL circuit in July. Steward has taken unofficial visits to Louisville and Illinois and an official go to to Texas whereas including a plethora of high-major presents over the previous few weeks. “It’s definitely changed
Burglar breaks into South Side colleges: police
Two colleges on the South Side have been burglarized in July, in response to Chicago police. In every incident, somebody obtained into the college via an unlocked door or by prying a window open, police stated. Once they have been inside, they compelled open locked school rooms and places of work and stole tablets and laptops. The first housebreaking occurred about 6:20 a.m. within the 2300 block of South Wabash Street in Bronzeville, police stated. The second occurred about 1 p.m. July 13 within the first block of West Cermak Road within the South Loop. No description of the burglar was obtainable. Anyone with details about these burglaries is requested to name Area Central detectives at