FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 1, 2015
The Chicago Board of Education is hosting three Community Public Meetings to receive public comment from educators, parents, students and the public regarding charter school proposals submitted to the Chicago Board of Education for:
The hearings will be held at Daley College, Olive Harvey College and Malcolm X College from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Registration to speak will occur between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
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Area of City
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Name of Design Team
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Registration Location
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Date and Time
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Room
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Southwest Side
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Noble
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STARS
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Daley College
7500 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60652
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9/2/2015
6:00pm- 9:00pm
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Gymnasium
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South / Southeast Side
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KIPP
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New Life
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Perseid
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Olive Harvey College
10001 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
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9/8/2015
6:00pm- 9:00pm
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Theater
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West Side
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STARS
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KIPP
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Malcolm X College
1900 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60612
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9/10/2015
6:00pm- 9:00pm
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Lecture Hall 2205
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Speakers will have two minutes to speak and will be called in the order in which they have signed up. The hearings will conclude after the last person who has signed up to present testimony has spoken, or at 9:00 p.m., whichever occurs first.
Anyone who would like to provide written comments may submit them to the Office of Innovation and Incubation, by mail at 42 W. Madison Street, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60602, by email at nac@cps.edu, by facsimile at 773.553.3225, or by calling 773.553.1530. The record will remain open for these comments until 12 p.m. Friday, September 11th, 2015.
Copies of the applications can be reviewed online at www.cps.edu/2014RFP.
Chicago Public Schools serves 396,000 students in 664 schools. It is the nation’s third largest school district.