In 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the buildings left after shuttering 50 schools would be reborn as community assets. Ten years later, we wondered, “Were they?” To find out, we walked the grounds, talked to neighbors and dug into documents. Here’s what we learned.
The former Ross Elementary School on the South Side is one of the 50 Chicago public schools shuttered in 2013. The school is one of the 26 buildings that haven’t been returned to use 10 years after the closings.
Ashlee Rezin
Ten years after Chicago closed 50 public schools, more than half remain shuttered and unused
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