Students at Matthew Henson Elementary released dozens of balloons
Tuesday afternoon signifying their unity and hope that the school will
remain open despite the Chicago Public Schools' plan to shut it down in
June.
“Henson is everything a community school ought to be," said
Valerie Leonard, of the Lawndale Alliance and the Committee to Save
North Lawndale Schools. "They’re the model for what we want to include
in all of our schools in North Lawndale."
Henson has a health clinic, a parent resource center, two technology labs and a library, speakers at the rally said.
“The school that they’re going to doesn’t have nearly the number of resources that Henson has," Leonard said. Read more »
Users of Chicago’s public transportation system will have an
additional option for their commute come June, as the city prepares to
debut a massive bicycle-rental sharing program.
Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) said she was upset to see three of her
neighborhood schools "pitted" against each other at a Chicago Public
Schools' hearing last night regarding the possible closure of 
Four months before their existing contracts were set to expire, more than 600 