Suit challenges Chicago board on local control

A lawsuit filed alleges that the Chicago Board of Education is violating state law by refusing to let local school councils operate in new small schools--including one targeted for a summer shutdown and turnaround. Some 30 to 40 small schools could be affected. The head of one parent advocacy group contends that the board is changing local school councils from elected bodies that pick principals and oversee budgets to "toothless advisory groups."

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