Taft enrollment increases
by BRIAN NADIG Taft High School is estimated to have 117 more students this fall than its current total of about 3,700, but that projection could go higher as families deal with the economy’s...
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Taft HS hopes to have drive-up graduation ceremony
by BRIAN NADIG Taft High School is making tentative plans for a drive-up graduation ceremony during the second weekend of June. “It’ll be take a diploma cover, smile (for a picture), get back into...
Taft HS had its shares of issues over the decades
Editor’s note: As part of the newspaper’s 80th anniversary, we are periodically going to look back at some of the biggest issues that we have covered during that time. In this issue, we are...
Taft LSC holds virtual meeting; Chromebooks made available for remote learning
by BRIAN NADIG Taft High School has loaned about 450 Chromebooks to students as part of its remote learning program. Taft principal Mark Grishaber said that he expects the actual number of students without...
Remote learning plans established
Remote learning plans established Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago announced that both institutions have established remote learning plans to ensure instructional time continues while school buildings and campuses are closed due...
Aide at local special needs HS tests positive for coronavirus
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Governor JB Pritzker, and officials from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today a new presumptive positive case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)....
