For 28 Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, the final bell will ring for the last time — ever.
Teachers and students at closing schools like Elihu Yale Elementary School in Englewood told the Sun-Times they anticipate plenty of tears when the final bell rings.
“Girls are going to be crying when it’s time to go home,” 13-year-old Kameisha Ashford
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For 28 Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, the final bell will ring for the last time — ever.
Teachers and students at closing schools like Elihu Yale Elementary School in Englewood told the Sun-Times they anticipate plenty of tears when the final bell rings.
“Girls are going to be crying when it’s time to go home,” 13-year-old Kameisha Ashford told the paper.
The first round of 28 schools will close for good Wednesday:
Yale Altgeld, Louis Armstrong, Banneker, Bethune, Bontemps, Calhoun North, Delano, Emmet, Goldblatt, Henson, Herbert, Key, King, Kohn, Lafayette, May, Morgan, Overton, Paderewski, Parkman, Pope, Ryerson, Songhai, West Pullman, Williams Elementary and Middle, and Woods.
More schools will have their last day ever in the coming weeks.
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