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Old Posted Oct 1, 2019, 5:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
IIRC, Magellan would still be on the hook for building the new school... but Magellan and Ald. Reilly had indicated that CPS didn't have the budget to staff and operate it.

That always seemed like a too-convenient excuse to me, they were able to double the size of South Loop Elementary.

Of course, if no school gets built, then families with school-age children are probably gonna avoid LSE and go to other areas where schools are more convenient - even though LSE with its ample open space would seem to be ideal for kids vs. a more concrete jungle environment.
We have school aged children here in the East Loop but I see more in the South Loop. . . has to do with a) Jones College Prep b) British School c) Dearborn Park d) Roosevelt Road xfers and e) skateboard park at the south end of Grant Park. . . seems like the South Loop is a more well rounded urban environment for that than the East Loop. . .

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