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CPSProposedSchoolActions:ImpactsonStudents

JoshRadinsky&FedericoWaitoller

UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,CollegeofEducationApril10,2013

DATASOURCES:

CPSmediabriefingdocumentdated3/21/2013,obtainedfromCPSDeputyPressSecretaryMollyPoppeon3/28/2013,downloadedfrom

http://www.cps.edu/qualityschools/Documents/briefing.pdf

IllinoisStateBoardofEducationsSchoolReportCarddatafor2011-12(themostrecentavailable),downloadform

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/report_card.htm

ThescaleoftheimpactsonstudentsoftheschoolactionsbeingproposedbyCPShasbeenunderestimatedbymorethan50%instatementsfromtheBoardof

Educationandinthepress.CPSannounced54schoolclosings,11schoolco-

locations,and6schoolturnarounds(CPSmediabriefing,3/21/2012),estimating

thatapproximately30,000studentswouldbeimpactedbytheseactions(Chicago

Tribune,3/22/2013,p.1).Thesenumbersgreatlyunderrepresenttheimpactsof

theproposedactionsintermsofnumbersofbothschoolsandstudentsimpacted.

Weidentifythreekindsofpossibleimpactsofaschoolaction.Ofthe133schools

involvedintheproposedschoolactions,theseimpactswillbefeltindifferent

combinationsbydifferentschools,dependingonthespecificsofthemove.Thedata

tablebelowspecifieswhichschoolswillbeaffectedbyeachofthese3impacts.

1.Relocationofstudentswouldoccurunderthreecircumstances:

StudentsfrommostClosingSchoolsareproposedtorelocatetoaReceivingSchool.However:

In14oftheproposedActions,studentsandfacultyfromtheReceivingSchoolwouldrelocatetothebuildingoftheClosingSchool.

Inthe8Co-Locationsthatdonotinvolveanewschool,studentswouldberelocatedfromoneCo-Locatingschooltotheother.

Relocatingstudentsfrom60schoolswouldbeimpactedbythelossofthe

existingschoolcommunity;thechallengesofadaptingtoanewschool

community;havingtonegotiatenewroutestoschool;anddisruptionsto

relationships,services,andlearningprocessesinplaceatthecurrentschool.

(seeNOTESbelowonthiscategoryofimpact)

2.Receivingstudents(whohavebeenrelocatedfromanotherschool)

Studentsalreadyenrolledinthe65schoolsreceivingnewstudentswouldbe

impactedbytheredistributionofschoolservicesandresources;disruptions


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causedbyadaptingtotheinfluxofnewstudents;andchangestotheschool

communityandrelationships.Administrators,facultyandstaffwouldbe

impactedbytheworkloadofprogrammingfor,andaccommodating,the

incomingstudentsandpersonnel;andrevisingserviceprovisionmodelsin

placeforstudentswithspecialneeds(IEPs,LREaccommodations)and

responsetointerventionprocesses.

3.DismissingFaculty

58schoolswoulddismisssomeoralloftheschoolsstaff,faculty,and/or

administrators.Thiswouldoccurundertwocircumstances:ClosingSchoolsandTurnarounds.Personneldismissedfromschoolswouldbeimpactedby

thelossoftheirjob,andthelossoftheirrelationshipswithcolleaguesandstudents,exceptforthosewhoarerehiredataReceivingSchool.Students

whoseteachersaredismissedwouldbeimpactedbythelossofthe

relationshipswiththoseadults,disruptionstotheirschoolcommunity,anddisruptionstotheirlearningprocessesandservicesbeingprovided.

Althoughthesedataarefromlastschoolyear(2011-12),thenumbersofstudents

impactedarereasonableestimates,becauseenrollmentshavenotchanged

dramaticallyfrom2011-12to2012-13.Forexample,traditionalCPSpublicschool

enrollmentdeclinedbyonly1.47%from2012to2013,andsomeoftheimpacted

schoolsenrollmentsactuallyincreasedthisyear.

Currenteighthgradestudentsfromtheseschoolswillnotbedirectlyimpactedby

theclosingsnextyear,excepttotheextentthattheimpactsalreadybeingfeltthis

yearaffecttheirschoolexperience,oriftheyenrollinoneoftheeighthighschools

impacted.However,theincomingstudentswhoreplacetheminthestudentbodies

oftheseschoolswillexperiencemostofthestressorscausedbyrelocation,eventhoughtheyhavenotattendedtheschoolbefore.Forexample,thedisruptionsto

theschoolcommunitycausedbyreplacingpersonnel,thephysicalmove,andthe

needtoreprogramtheentireschoolwillimpacttheprovisionofserviceseventonewkindergartners.Thusthetotalnumbersofstudentsimpactedislikelytobe

verysimilartothenumberscalculatedhere.


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IMPACTS:

Totalstudentsenrolledinimpactedschools(2011-12): 47,490

Ofthetotalstudentstobeimpacted,7,175arestudentswithdisabilities,eachofwhomhasanIndividualizedEducationalPlan(IEP).

o Thesestudentsstandtobemostseverelydisruptedbytherelocationsandpersonnelchanges,giventhenatureofIEPspecificationsforprovisionoftheleastrestrictiveenvironment

andspecializedservices.

o Threeoftheschoolsimpactedbytheseactions(Buckingham,Montefiore,andNearNorth)arespecializedelementaryschools

serving100%studentswithdisabilities.

Ofthetotalstudentstobeimpacted,38,326(or81%)areAfricanAmericanstudents.Thisnumberrepresents23%ofalltheAfrican

Americanstudentsinthedistrict(totalAfricanAmericanstudentenrollmentin2012=168,126)

o SOURCE:http://www.cps.edu/about_cps/at-a-glance/pages/stats_and_facts.aspx

Infact,theAfricanAmericanelementaryschoolstudentswhowouldbeimpactedbytheproposedschoolactions(n=34,946)representapproximately27%ofallAfricanAmericanchildrenlivinginChicago

betweentheagesof5and14,basedon2010USCensusnumbers(totalAfricanAmericanpopulationages5-14in2010=127,473)

o SOURCE:USdecennialcensusdata,2010census100%survey,variableT20Age,BlackorAfricanAmericanAlone,ageranges5-9and10-14(downloaded4/9/2013from

http://www.socialexplorer.com;alsoaccessiblefrom

http://factfinder2.census.gov)


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NOTES:14oftheschoolsthatareclosingarenotleavingtheirbuilding,butare

havinganotherschoolrelocateintotheirbuildingwiththem--markedwith"@"in

theCPSbriefingdocument,e.g.,"@Altgeld"(wedidnotincludethese14schools

as"Studentsrelocatingto"inthetablebelow):

ALTGELD BANNEKER DELANO DUMASTECHACAD GOODLOW HERBERT LAWRENCE

MAY MAYO PERSHINGMIDDLE RYERSON SEXTON STOCKTON WILLIAMS(ElementaryandMiddle)

...andthereare14"welcomingschools"thatareactuallyrelocatingintothose14

closingschools'buildings(wedidincludetheseas"Studentsrelocatingto"):

BURNHAM COURTENAY DETT DRAKE EARLE FISKE LELAND

MAYS MELODY PERSHING WADSWORTH WARD,L WELLS,I WENTWORTH

Therearealso10schoolsamongtheco-locationsthatappeartobeslatedtohave

studentsfromanotherschooljointheirbuilding(weincludedthesein"Students

relocatingto"):

BOWENHS CORLISSHS CRANETECHPREPHS GRESHAM HOPEHS

MARSHALLMIDDLE MORTON NORTHWEST O'TOOLE REVERE

Thenthereare40otherschoolsintowhichclosingschoolsarerelocating.Thusthe

totaltallyof"Schoolsrelocatedto"is65inthelistbelow,butanargumentcouldbemadethatthenumbershouldbe79(countingthefirstcategoryabove).Having

unfamiliarstudentsenteryourbuilding(category1),andhavingunfamiliar

studentsjoinyourstudentbodyandfaculty(category2),arebothformsofreceiving

newstudents,whichimpactthechildrenintheseschools.


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Schoolname Level Students

relocated

from

Students

relocated

to

Faculty

dismissed

from

enrollment

2011-12

#IEP #African

Amer

ALTGELD ELEM Yes 516 64 511

ARMSTRONG,L ELEM Yes Yes 96 28 94

ATTUCKS ELEM Yes Yes 272 42 272

BANNEKER ELEM Yes 293 40 292

BARTON ELEM Yes 590 67 584

BASS ELEM Yes 375 44 364

BEETHOVEN ELEM Yes 414 64 398

BELMONT-

CRAGIN

ELEM Yes 629 81 10

BETHUNE ELEM Yes Yes 375 74 374

BONTEMPS ELEM Yes Yes 350 31 349

BOWENHS HIGH Yes 492 122 396

BRENNEMANN ELEM Yes 347 49 266

BUCKINGHAM ELEM Yes Yes 39 39 38

BURNHAM ELEM Yes Yes 285 23 283

CALHOUN ELEM Yes Yes 329 59 326

CANTER ELEM Yes Yes 223 28 204

CARDENAS ELEM Yes 640 75 6

CARTER ELEM Yes 378 44 376

CASTELLANOS ELEM Yes 529 72 8

CATHER ELEM Yes 234 39 224

CHALMERS ELEM Yes 283 29 277

CHAPPELL ELEM Yes 438 83 18

CHGOTALENT

CHTRHS

HIGH Yes 206 46 199

CHOPIN ELEM Yes 262 38 25

CORLISSHS HIGH Yes 670 162 657

COURTENAY ELEM Yes Yes 238 64 42

CRANETECH

PREPHS

HIGH Yes 524 152 502

CULLEN ELEM Yes 237 37 232

CURTIS ELEM Yes 501 53 490

DEDIEGO ELEM Yes 843 97 89

DEPRIEST ELEM Yes 504 90 479

DELANO ELEM Yes 416 35 407

DETT ELEM Yes Yes 252 44 248

DEWEY ELEM Yes 358 50 342

DISNEYII ELEM Yes 362 33 31

DODGE ELEM Yes 432 47 429

DRAKE ELEM Yes Yes 238 56 231

DULLES ELEM Yes 540 68 534

DUMASTECH

ACAD

ELEM Yes 383 56 379


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relocated

from

Students

relocated

to

Faculty

dismissed

from

enrollment

2011-12

#IEP #African

Amer

DUPREY ELEM Yes Yes 113 13 31

EARLE ELEM Yes Yes 336 44 333

ELLINGTON ELEM Yes 369 78 356

EMMET ELEM Yes Yes 464 43 462

ERICSON ELEM Yes Yes 508 31 502

FARADAY ELEM Yes 204 47 204

FERMI ELEM Yes Yes 219 48 217

FISKE ELEM Yes Yes 231 32 228

FORTDEARBORN ELEM Yes 481 47 476

GARFIELDPARK ELEM Yes Yes 204 27 196

GARVEY ELEM Yes Yes 356 42 352

GOLDBLATT ELEM Yes Yes 270 36 264

GOMPERS ELEM Yes 285 52 284

GOODLOW ELEM Yes 416 54 408

GREGORY ELEM Yes 330 43 327

GRESHAM ELEM Yes 366 49 363

HALEY ELEM Yes 527 72 524

HARTE ELEM Yes 333 52 277

HARVARD ELEM Yes 481 55 473

HEFFERAN ELEM Yes 264 56 262

HENSON ELEM Yes Yes 276 53 274

HERBERT ELEM Yes 372 89 352

HOPEHS HIGH Yes 600 115 595

HUGHES,C ELEM Yes 318 42 311

HUGHES,L ELEM Yes 423 113 411

JACKSON,M ELEM Yes Yes 317 69 310

JENNER ELEM Yes 312 76 305

JENSEN ELEM Yes 365 29 360

JOHNSON ELEM Yes 363 56 361

KEY ELEM Yes Yes 302 58 288

KING ELEM Yes Yes 271 47 202

KOHN ELEM Yes 429 47 427

LAFAYETTE ELEM Yes Yes 442 118 147

LAVIZZO ELEM Yes 405 55 403LAWRENCE ELEM Yes 372 48 346

LELAND ELEM Yes Yes 178 36 175

LEWIS ELEM Yes 575 83 484

MANIERRE ELEM Yes Yes 396 74 389

MARCONI ELEM Yes Yes 248 31 248

MARSHALL

MIDDLE

ELEM Yes 450 84 13


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relocated

from

Students

relocated

to

Faculty

dismissed

from

enrollment

2011-12

#IEP #African

Amer

MASONHS HIGH 34 9 34

MAY ELEM Yes 461 54 456

MAYO ELEM Yes 448 42 433

MAYS ELEM Yes Yes 294 34 290

MCCUTCHEON ELEM Yes 353 58 165

MCPHERSON ELEM Yes 656 107 24

MELODY ELEM Yes Yes 313 53 308

MOLLISON ELEM Yes 244 33 244

MONTEFIORE ELEM Yes 34 34 26

MONTESSORI

CHTR-ENGLEWO

ELEM Yes 86 10 78

MORGAN ELEM Yes Yes 222 44 221

MORTON ELEM Yes 348 39 335

MOUNTVERNON ELEM Yes 286 47 286

NEARNORTH ELEM Yes Yes 88 88 59

NICHOLSONTECH

ACAD

ELEM Yes 466 46 462

NKRUMAH

CONTR

ELEM Yes 235 18 231

NOBLESTCHTR-

COMER

HIGH Yes 783 112 737

NORTHWEST ELEM Yes 768 81 23

O'KEEFFE ELEM Yes 574 58 566

O'TOOLE ELEM Yes 524 67 501

OTIS ELEM Yes 450 72 84

OVERTON ELEM Yes Yes 433 40 417OWENS ELEM Yes Yes 328 37 325

PADEREWSKI ELEM Yes Yes 131 20 108

PARKMAN ELEM Yes Yes 215 44 187

PEABODY ELEM Yes Yes 289 47 79

PERSHING ELEM Yes Yes 259 24 246

PERSHING

MIDDLE

ELEM Yes 264 35 251

POPE ELEM Yes Yes 205 32 185

RAY ELEM Yes 623 62 303

REVERE ELEM Yes 322 35 322

ROSS ELEM Yes Yes 345 54 338

RYDER ELEM Yes 276 61 266

RYERSON ELEM Yes 451 57 445

SEXTON ELEM Yes 337 43 334

SHERWOOD ELEM Yes 358 57 352

SONGHAI ELEM Yes Yes 350 50 341

SOUTHSHORE

FINEARTS

ELEM Yes 255 26 247


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relocated

from

Students

relocated

to

Faculty

dismissed

from

enrollment

2011-12

#IEP #African

Amer

STEWART ELEM Yes Yes 271 48 142

STOCKTON ELEM Yes 438 111 214

SUMNER ELEM Yes 428 40 412

TILTON ELEM Yes 320 43 317

TRUMBULL ELEM Yes Yes 407 99 52

URBANPREP-

BRONZEV

HIGH Yes 268 39 260

VONHUMBOLDT ELEM Yes Yes 399 51 181

WADSWORTH ELEM Yes Yes 277 34 273

WARD,L ELEM Yes Yes 434 48 417

WELLS,I ELEM Yes Yes 207 14 185

WENTWORTH ELEM Yes Yes 362 56 350

WESTPULLMAN ELEM Yes Yes 335 34 332

WILLIAMSELEM ELEM Yes 265 37 259

WILLIAMS

MIDDLE

ELEM Yes 125 32 121

WOODS ELEM Yes Yes 406 61 401

YALE ELEM Yes Yes 176 29 175

133 60 65 58 47,490 7,175 38,326

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