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ChalkBeat Chicago | Chicago Asks Its High Schools To Come Up With Alternatives To Campus Police

Seeking alternatives to assigning police to campuses, Chicago is asking 55 high schools to draft safety plans based on restorative justice and crisis management. The school district has assigned newly appointed safety committees at each school to…
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Chicago Sun Times | CPS partners with 5 community groups to develop new safety alternatives to in-school officers

Chicago Public Schools has selected five community organizations to lead the development of a new “holistic” program which schools can choose to adopt next year. By Sophie Sherry Jan 26, 2021, 6:00pm CST Chicago Public…
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Public News Service | “Chicago High Schoolers Educate Voters on Civic Duty”

CHICAGO -- While they can't legally cast a ballot themselves yet, dozens of Illinois high school students are working to ensure that people of voting age understand the importance of their civic duty. As part…
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WTTW | Chicago Aldermen Call for Police to Be Pulled From CPS Schools

Matt Masterson | June 16, 2020 1:59 pm Caleb Reed, a student at Mather High School on the city’s North Side, was attending a school basketball game when he was approached by a school resource officer…
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