Highland School Closing For Renovation 2025 Chicago. One of mayor brandon johnson’s signature projects is an ambitious plan to spend $1.25 billion over five years to build affordable housing, rehab or construct new commercial. Illinois lawmakers want to extend a moratorium on school closures in chicago and prevent changes at selective enrollment and magnet schools until 2027, when a fully elected school board is.
Ten years ago, chicago enacted the largest mass closure of schools in us history. But a set of state lawmakers want to extend cps’ current school closing moratorium, which currently ends in early 2025.