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Public commenters at CPS hearing press board on buses, restorative justice and North River expansion
Summary
During the Dec. 18 bond-authorization hearing, three community speakers urged the Chicago Board of Education to address unreliable student transportation at Whittier Elementary, fund a youth restorative-justice 'peacekeeping' pipeline, and approve expansion of North River Elementary to add capacity and accessibility improvements.
Three community speakers used the public-comment portion of the Dec. 18 Chicago Board of Education hearing to press the district on student transportation, restorative-justice programming and a school expansion.
Geno Vallejo, a CPS alumnus and parent of students at Whittier Elementary, told the board that "nearly 30% of the students who transfer out of Whittier do so because they lack reliable transportation to and from school," and he urged the district to amend policies to ensure…
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