Chicago School Board votes to keep 5 Acero schools open

As distraught parents plead, school board votes to keep Acero charter schools open, despite financial warning
The Chicago school board voted to keep open all of the seven schools slated for closure in the Acero Charter Network through the end of the 2025-26 school year.
CPS board votes to keep open 5 Acero charters but will close 2 at end of school year
A School Board vote in December had spared seven Acero schools from closure for a year and promised to absorb five of them in 2026. But after extensive debate, the board determined two campuses should close this spring.
CPS Now Expected to Save 4 of 7 Acero Charter Schools Slated for Closure
The Acero charter network announced last year plans to shutter Cruz K-12 as well as Casas, Cisneros, Fuentes, Paz, Santiago and Tamayo elementary schools due to declining enrollment, increasing personnel and facilities maintenance costs.
ICE agents detain parent near Acero Charter Schools, sparking community fears
At a rally to save Acero Charter Schools slated for closure, families and community members voiced their anxieties after a parent was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officials while they were taking their children to school Wednesday morning.
Chicago School Board Votes To Save 5 Of 7 Acero Charter Schools Slated For Closure
The plan overrides the charter network's plan to shutter half of its schools. The change came after CPS officials warned that helping Acero keep all seven campuses could violate state law and be financially risky for CPS.
ICE agents detain adult as students are dropped off at school, Acero charter network says
Two students were with the adult outside the Southwest Side school Wednesday morning, officials said. "It is really terrifying for families and traumatizing for students," one observer said.
Parents, educators to speak out ahead of BOE vote on Acero charter schools
There is a chance the three schools could close in a resolution before the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday, which would affect thousands of students.
Chicago School Board Approves Resolution That Aims to Save 5 Acero Charter Schools
The 21-member board at its monthly meeting Thursday voted to amend language in a revised resolution that would now aim to save five Acero schools: Cisneros, Casas, Fuentes, Tamayo and Santiago.
Chicago school board votes to keep 5 Acero charters open
Of seven Acero charter school campuses that had been targeted for closure by the network, five will remain open for the 2025-26 school year after a Board of Education vote.
Chicago Board of Education votes to keep 5 Acero charter schools open; some alarmed by ICE arrest near school
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement defended arresting the man who had just dropped off a child at Jovita Idár Elementary.
Man arrested by immigration agents near Acero Schools, ICE confirms
The Acero Schools community is on edge after immigration agents detained an adult Wednesday near Soto High School and Idar Elementary at the start of the school day.
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