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Mayor Brandon Johnson and other dignitaries break ground for the Austin Hope Center on June 10. Story on page 21.
Rep. La Shawn Ford pushes for construction of high school in Austin
By JESSICA MORDACQ The resolution is an effort to support educational equiHis latest resolution follows an ty on Chicago’s West Side, where student enrollment has been declining for years as a result of school closures and influx of state funding and would likely La Shawn Ford, who represents the 8th District in the the rise of magnet and charter schools. “Students go outside of Austin to find schools to meet filed a resolution in Illinois House of Representatives, merge Austin’s under-enrolled May calling for immediate construction of a high school See SCHOOL PLAN on page 6 Chicago Public Schools in Austin. Staff Reporter
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