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CPS To Recommend Closing 2 Charter Schools, Including Chicago Virtual Charter School

Parents and students first learned last Monday about the plans to close the Chicago Virtual Charter School.

(CBS Chicago)

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two charter schools could soon see their doors closing for good – including one at which CBS 2 has been investigating questionable spending. Parents and students first learned last Monday about the plans to close the Chicago Virtual Charter School.

We began investigating the unique school 10 months ago. The Chicago Public Schools had put the charter school on academic probation and gave the school an opportunity to right the ship. But the ship started sinking more.

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