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Hello! This is Mila Koumpilova here at Chalkbeat Chicago. Today, we have a piece from our friends at Block Club Chicago on a push to rename the Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center, a Back of the Yards elementary school.
The local school council is soliciting suggestions for a new name after a New York Times investigation earlier this year revealed multiple women have accused the renowned farmworker rights advocate of grooming, raping, and sexually abusing them, in some cases when they were children. The deadline to propose a new name is today.
Local News
Cesar Chavez Elementary in Back of the Yards to be renamed — and neighbors can weigh in
Illinois education officials vote to overhaul accountability for schools
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What We’re Reading
Former charter school executive Tim King charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Urban Prep, WBEZ
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Teachers union push to cancel class for May Day irks Chicago parents, The New York Times (Paywall)
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Thumbnail image by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune.
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