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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. CHICAGO — The Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday that called for a later deadline for GoCPS applications and sought to find alternatives to the Acero charter school network’s plan for seven campus closures on the Southwest Side. The board’s […]
CHICAGO — Traffic headaches keep rolling in for Chicago drivers already slogging through clogged roads and snail-speed commutes. The completion of a North DuSable Lake Shore Drive resurfacing project will shrink lanes this week, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation. Starting 9 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, southbound lanes on the drive will be reduced […]
More than 80 private schools closed every year in England on average over the last decade, official data has shown, with no apparent increase in the trend since Labour announced it was imposing VAT on fees. A number of media reports have highlighted the closure of some private schools as supposedly being caused by the […]
Entire provinces have gone without light for hours, and many locations outside Havana go with less than six hours of electricity a day. (AFP pic) HAVANA/HOUSTON: Cuba’s communist-run government shut down schools and non-essential industry and sent most government workers home on Friday in a bid to conserve energy and stem blackouts that now exceed […]
WALL, NJ — Drivers should be aware of upcoming road closures planned for Wall Township. On Friday (Oct. 18), Monday (Oct. 21) and Tuesday (Oct. 22), New Bedford Road will be closed for milling and paving operations, police said. The closures will take place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., according to officials. On Friday […]