02/12/13
by WGN Web Desk
The Chicago Public School system is getting set to release a preliminary list of schools targeted for closing.
The list is expected to come out this week just as another round of community meetings on school closings begins.
So far, the district has put out a list of 330 schools it says are under-enrolled.
But a final list of closings, due out next month, could top 100 based on criteria spelled out by CPS CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett.
The district faces a $1 billion deficit next year.
Chicago school officials announced that they planned to close 61 school buildings, nearly 13 percent of the total number of schools in the district in what shapes up to be one of the largest mass school shutdowns in U.S. history.
In addition, another six low performing schools will get complete staff turnovers, but the facilities will remain open.
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