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A Cook County judge ruled Chicago Public Schools, or CPS, cannot close Urban Prep Academy's campuses in Bronzeville and Englewood.
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Chicago’s next mayor and CPS leadership would be fools to divest from schools such as Urban Prep because of ideology.
Chicago Public Schools will take over Urban Prep, citing sexual misconduct allegations against the school’s founder and claims of financial mismanagement.
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted to revoke the charters for Urban Prep Academies campuses in Englewood and Bronzeville, with CPS itself set to step in and begin managing those schools.
For the past 13 years, Urban Prep Academies, with campuses downtown, in Bronzeville and in Englewood — has boasted that 100% of its graduating seniors are accepted to four-year colleges.