Four Chicago Public Schools saved from closing list

Updated: 2013-05-22 01:18:33

Four Chicago Public Schools are no longer up for closing this year, a fifth wouldn’t close until next year and a sixth school would be spared from the staff reboot known as a turnaround, the Chicago Sun-Times learned Tuesday. CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett is expected to withdraw her recommendations to shutter Marcus Garvey; Mahalia Jackson, Leif Ericson and George Manierre, according to a source familiar with her deliberations.

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