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Three Chicago schools are receiving major national recognition.

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Monday marked the start of the fourth academic quarter and for the first time in 11 months all 515 of Chicago’s non-charter schools — including high schools — were open for in-person learning. With 36% of high schoolers and nearly half of elementary school students planning to return, Chicago Public Schools could have up to 44% of its 279,000 students at non-charter schools in classrooms this week. Those 122,000 students would be by far the most since the start of the pandemic, although the 157,000 continuing remotely still represents a number larger than a...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times William Kingsbury is a senior, but he said it felt like his very first day as he stepped onto the vast Lane Tech College Prep campus Monday morning. Kingsbury, 17, said he had no idea what to expect. “I remember the first week (of lockdown). Nobody thought it was going to last this long,” he said. “Then a year later, here we are.” He said he felt a little bit cheated. Before lockdown, he and other members of the robotics team had just finished their project and were getting ready to enter it into a competition. The pandemic killed that dream.

'Just not equal at all': Vaccine rollout in Chicago a microcosm of racial disparities nationwide People of color have suffered most from COVID-19. Now that vaccines are here, they are far less likely to have received a first dose for many of the same reasons. Nada Hassanein, Grace Hauck, Jayme Fraser and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY Published 5:43 pm UTC Feb. 15, 2021 CHICAGO – Angelina Zayas turned her Grace and Peace Church, which serves the greater Belmont Cragin community on the city's northwest side, into a food bank. Instead of Sunday services, she hands out winter coats and canned goods. ...

'Just not equal at all': Vaccine rollout in Chicago a microcosm of racial disparities nationwide Nada Hassanein, Grace Hauck, Jayme Fraser and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY © Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Patients enter and exit the vaccination and testing site at Roseland Community Hospital on Chicago's far south side on Feb. 8, 2021. Many receiving vaccinations at the hospital were not locals and hailed from neighborhoods across the city. CHICAGO – Angelina Zayas turned her Grace and Peace Church, which serves the greater Belmont Cragin community on the city's northwest side, into a...