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Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor|May 2, 2021
Chicago police school resource officers will not be returning to high schools for the remainder of the academic year, according to a letter sent to parents on April 23 by Chicago Public Schools.
“I feel that it was long overdue and it’s a decision that should be permanently instilled within CPS Schools,” said Lissete Estrella, a senior at Prosser Career Academy.
Schools will have the option in the fall to participate in the school resource officer program for the 2021-2022 school year by majority vote from the school’s Local School Council (LSC).
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Chicago aldermen had no warning before learning the coronavirus pandemic had blown a $2 billion hole in the city’s 2021 and 2022 budgets.
They wouldn’t be blindsided again, under an ordinance championed by downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd).
The City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday endorsed Reilly’s ordinance, which requires the city’s Department of Finance and the Office of Budget and Management to keep monthly tabs on city revenue collections.
Both departments would be required under the ordinance to publish monthly reports on their websites detailing “total collections for each revenue category” from the previous month.
UpdatedTue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:56 pm CT
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Listed at 6 feet, 4 inches, Ciara Gentle is already the tallest player in the history of the Evanston girls basketball program.
Just how much on an impact she will make in the future is still a question. But behind Gentle and Taija Banks, two sophomores with perhaps the most up-side as far as talent on the varsity roster, the Wildkits rolled over Highland Park 52-18 Tuesday in a Central Suburban League crossover contest.
Gentle scored a career-high 11 points and added 6 rebounds while Banks, slowed because of knee surgery for the past year and a half, logged major minutes in the blowout and netted a career-best 8 points.
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Evanston s girls basketball program - always successful in the past - reached new heights once Brittanny Johnson took over as head coach 5 years ago.
The Wildkits challenged any and all comers, playing an elite schedule that included the program s first trip to a national tournament down in New Orleans. And part of the growing pains for this year s young squad included a Sunday trip to participate in the High School Jam shootout event at Morton College.
Matched up against elite Chicago Public School representative Kenwood Academy, the Wildkits hung tough for three quarters before bowing 56-38.
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The abbreviated playing calendar for teams in 2021 due to the pandemic limited Johnson s scheduling choices in a rebuilding season. But the former college coach recognizes the benefits of having losses to CPS powers Simeon and Kenwood in a 12-4 season to date.
UpdatedSat, Mar 6, 2021 at 9:55 pm CT
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The Central Suburban League s decision to play back-to-back weekend games during the abbreviated basketball season placed even more of an emphasis on the preparation for each foe by every team s head coach.
What a difference a day made for Evanston s girls and head coach Brittanny Johnson on Saturday.
Just hours after suffering their first conference defeat, a lopsided 62-40 loss to New Trier, Johnson and Co. found the right answers on defense and stifled the Trevians in a 50-43 triumph at Beardsley Gymnasium.
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Evanston s clinging man-to-man defense held the visitors without a single field goal for a 7-minute stretch in the second half, and that effort was more than good enough to keep the defending champs alive in pursuit of another CSL South division title.