A community member sent a video showing the moments Acero Schools said an adult was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Two months after parents and educators celebrated a Board of Education vote that spared seven Acero charter schools from closure for a year and promised to absorb five of them in 2026, Chicago Public Schools officials are now set to backtrack from that plan.
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More than 20,000 teachers have been working without a contract for eight months as the CTU-backed mayor refuses to accept even the most modest wage and staffing demands of educators.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote on the future of some Acero schools on Thursday. Last year, the Acero Charter School Network announced plans to close seven schools in 2025. The affected schools are in the Avondale, Brighton Park, West Town, Little Village, Pilsen and West Ridge neighborhoods.
The Chicago City Council narrowly passed a hotly contested $830 million infrastructure bond plan Wednesday backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. Aldermen approved the plan in a 26-23 vote a day after Johnson’s administration proposed a version with clearer spending guardrails.
A conservative advocacy group filed a legal challenge against Chicago Public Schools on Friday over an initiative to give extra support to Black students, calling the program discriminatory under federal civil-rights laws and in violation of recent guidance from the Trump administration.
The Acero charter network announced last year plans to shutter Cruz K-12 as well as Casas, Cisneros, Fuentes, Paz, Santiago and Tamayo elementary schools due to declining enrollment, increasing personnel and facilities maintenance costs.
The Acero Schools charter network is managed by a private company but funded and overseen by Chicago Public Schools leaders. There has been much back-and-forth over the last year about how many Acero schools will close this year,
In a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, a national group claims the plan is discriminatory, citing efforts by the Trump administration to rid schools of race-based programs.
The about-face would suddenly leave three campuses shuttered at the end of this school year and the other four facing uncertain futures. But it’s not a done deal — some board members are pushing to keep at least five schools open next year.
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