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Five Questions With Kathie Bock, President of Friends of Coonley
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As the president of Friends of Coonley and one of its founding members, Kathie Bock helps raise money for Coonley Elementary, 4046 N. Leavitt St., providing everything from shelving and air conditioning to new microscopes and sports equipment. In the eight years that Bock has been working with Friends of Coonley, enrollment at the school [...]
How Many Votes Does It Take to Win an LSC Election? A Lot Less Than You’d Think
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In 1989, during the first LSC elections, 300,000 votes were cast–that’s roughly what Rahmbo earned to become mayor. But like a lot of statistics, that oft-referenced number is slightly deceiving. Divide the amount of votes among multiple candidates at hundreds of schools and it’s clear that anyone with a handful of friends (real, not Facebook) [...]
Ravenswood Elementary: Can You Spare a Square of Paper?
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Forget high-level discussions regarding a longer school day, teacher tenure and national initiatives like Race to the Top. Ravenswood Elementary, 4332 N. Paulina St., has a more pressing concern: The school is running out of copy paper. If Brian Ban, a neighborhood resident for 10 years, is elected as a community representative to the school’s [...]
Amundsen High School About to Receive a Flurry of ‘Friend’ Requests
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Ringo Starr knew he couldn’t get by without a little (OK, a lot of) help from his friends. Neither can most of Chicago’s public schools. “Friends of…” groups have cropped up at both the elementary and high school levels to fill chronic budget gaps; they raise money for everything from teaching positions to sports equipment. [...]
LSC Meet & Greet: ‘You Have Your Work Cut Out for You’
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Nearly 40 LSC candidates turned out for Center Square Journal‘s meet and greet Tuesday night at DANK Haus, 4740 N. Western Ave., demonstrating their commitment to improving Chicago’s public schools. State Rep. Greg Harris (13th District), on hand to show his support along with colleague Ann Williams (11th), noted that while the legislature in Springfield [...]
Lawrence Avenue in Search of Identity
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Though ground hasn’t yet been broken on the Lawrence Avenue Streetscape, the Chicago Department of Transportation and 47th Ward Office are already reviewing proposals for the project’s finishing touch: community identifiers. These markers, planned for the east and west ends of the streetscape, will serve as gateways to the spruced-up stretch of Lawrence. “It’s a [...]
Volunteer for Citywide Spring Cleaning
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Because cleaning is so much fun, why stop at Swiffering your hardwood floors when you could spruce up the entire city. Join your neighbors on April 21 for Clean & Green Day in Chicago. Projects include picking up litter from curbs and sidewalks; helping older adults clear out their yards and garages; and weeding the [...]
Perfect Weekend for Egg Hunts on Two and Four Legs
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More than 200 dogs and at least twice as many of their two-legged friends attended this year’s Horner Park Doggie Egg Hunt, the best turnout to date, according to Horner Park Supervisor Tom McManamon. On Saturday, April 7, owners brought their dogs to have photos taken with the Easter Bunny; others came for the Doggie [...]
Outgoing LSCs Could Determine Incoming Principals
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On Tuesday, April 10, Amundsen High School‘s Local School Council will meet in a closed door session to begin the search for a new principal, following the announcement in March that Carlos Munoz will retire at the end of the school year. With LSC elections just a week away, the timing of the Amundsen conclave [...]
Tuesday: Learn About Local School Councils & Meet Candidates
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If you’re still hazy on what Local School Councils do and you’re wondering what you should know before the April 18 and 19 Local School Council elections, please join us at the DANK Haus next Tuesday night for a LSC Candidate Meet & Greet. Anyone, not just parents, can vote in LSC elections, so here’s [...]
Dogs to Play Fetch With Easter Bunny at Horner Park
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More than a few folks treat their pets like children, so why not an Easter egg hunt for dogs. On Saturday, April 7, 10 a.m. – noon, the Horner Park Advisory Council is hosting a Doggie Egg Hunt behind the fieldhouse, 2741 W. Montrose Ave. Cost is $5. A highlight of the event is sure [...]
CPS Releases List of LSC Candidates
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While every elementary school in the Center Square Journal coverage area has enough candidates to conduct LSC elections, the two neighborhood high schools, Lake View and Amundsen, do not have enough parent candidates to fill out a full council, despite an abundance of non-parent community members running for LSC at the high schools. According to [...]
CPS Policies Hinder Promotion of LSC Candidates and Elections
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With Local School Council elections weeks away on April 18 and 19, Chicago Public Schools obstructed their own efforts to promote LSC elections by taking more than a week to make the names of Local School Council candidates available to the press or public, a new low for CPS, according to one of the original [...]
The Greening of Northcenter, One Plant at a Time
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With the announcement of Montrose Green–a community garden in collaboration with the Peterson Garden Project–and the Parkway Corners Initiative, Northcenter is fast becoming the little green neighborhood on the prairie. “Our overall mission is to reduce climate change; one part is plant sources,” says Elizabeth Wenscott, a member of the Northcenter Neighborhood Association’s (NNA) environmental [...]
Chicago Art Girls Pop Up Shop Opening At Helium Gallery
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THE CHICAGO ART GIRLS PRESENT THE CHICAGO ART GIRLS POP UP SHOP. 1ST ART AND CRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA AT HELIUM GALLERY. LOCATED AT 4710 N. RAVENSWOOD AVE. CHICAGO, IL. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012, 11 AM – 5 PM FREE ADMISSION; OVER 35 LOCAL ARTISTS; BEVERAGES AND DELICIOUS TREATS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHILE YOU SHOP. https://www.facebook.com/events/346618668713517/ WHAT: The THE [...]
