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Recent News About Urban Prep Academies

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  Appeals court says CPS can close Urban Prep; Chicago school closing moratorium doesn't apply to charter schools

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 @ 11:46pm

  The state appeals panel said Cook County Judge Anna Loftus was wrong to block CPS from seizing control at Urban Prep by determining a state law blocking CPS from closing schools until a school board could be elected applied to charter schools, as well as traditional CPS-managed schools

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  CPS must give ex-Urban Prep CEO full records CPS used to justify his ouster

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Dec 15, 2023 @ 4:32pm

  A judge said Chicago Public Schools can't keep under wraps the full record school officials used to justify the forced removal of Urban Prep Academies founder and ex-CEO Timothy King

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