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News release: The Chicago public school system has opened West Ridge Elementary School to relieve crowding on the city’s far North Side. The 100,000-square-foot campus has pre-k/kindergarten classrooms, 24 standard academic classrooms, two multipurpose rooms, computer, science music and art classrooms, as well as a library/media resource center, a gymnasium, and a play area with playground equipment. The project cost about $41 million and was designed to receive a silver LEED rating.
