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Southpaw got down at a back-to-school bash, and it was no coincidence why he was there. A South Side elementary school, which is a short walk to Guaranteed Rate Field, is celebrating its new name.
Chicago Public Schools records also show long delays at some schools between when lead paint hazards were identified and removed.
Five more Chicago public schools are getting new names, some of them to replace racist or problematic namesakes, as the school system unveiled a new process Wednesday for more schools to be renamed in the future.
Chicago Public Schools officials have been working on an updated naming policy for more than two years after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found 30 schools were named for slaveholders.
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