Theresa Raborn for Congress
Reopening Shuttered Schools
"Second Chance Schools"
Reopening Shuttered Schools
"Second Chance Schools"
There are 5 Chicago Schools in our district that have been "shuttered" (meaning closed) in recent years.
- Kate S. Buckingham School in Calumet Heights (vacant).
- Daniel H. Burnham School in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood (vacant).
- Alfred D. Kohn School in the Roseland neighborhood (vacant).
- Lawrence Elementary School in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood (vacant).
- Hawkins Middle School and High Schools in the Riverdale neighborhood (vacant).
There is one school right outside IL-02, but serves some children in IL-02:
- Fiske Elementary School in Woodlawn neighborhood (vacant).
There were 1460 children affected by these schools closing. Of the children affected, 98.58% were Black, 0.88% were Hispanic, none were white, and 0.54% are other races or multiracial.
These schools are in poor areas of the district. The most egregious part is that these schools are in neighborhoods where 98.6% or more of the student body are African-American. These children NEED their schools. I am looking into what can be done to reopen these schools, but with the Educating For Success plan to ensure that these children have a fighting chance at success!