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CPS Sees Steepest Student Drop in Pilsen and La Villita Schools

by Emily Anderson December 9, 2021December 12, 2021

ince she began teaching at Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School in the Pilsen/Heart of Chicago community four years ago, special education teacher Paula Barajas has seen the student body shrink by nearly a third. The loss of students at Ruiz Elementary is part of a larger pattern of enrollment loss at schools throughout Pilsen and […]

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