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Just in time for the holidays, we got some snow in Chicago today. It continues this afternoon, which will see a high around 33 degrees. Tonight’s low will be near 29 degrees. Tomorrow, there’s a chance of snow showers and freezing drizzle; the high will be around 36 degrees.
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About 77,000 Chicago Public Schools students plan to return to classrooms once schools reopen in the new year, accounting for 37% of K-8, preschool and special education cluster program students who will initially be eligible for in-person learning, district CEO Janice Jackson announced today.
In a presentation at the monthly Board of Education meeting, district officials revealed that a disproportionate number of families sending their children back to schools are white, while Black families were more likely to decline the opportunity to return, matching a trend seen in other large urban school systems nationwide.