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The school originated as a GED program aimed at Chicago high school dropouts. It became a fully state-certified high school in 1998 and has been retrieving "disenrolled" minority students from the Chicago Public Schools system through its association as a campus of Youth Connection Charter School.
Minority business enterprise (MBE) is an American designation for businesses which are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis by one or more (in combination) American citizens of the following ethnic minority and/or gender (e.g. woman-owned) and/or military veteran classifications: [citation needed] African American
Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the United States' second-largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property, public health services, public safety, and maintenance of county highways. [1] It is presided over by its president and the county's ...
RFI Chairman David Melton said there were two parts to Cook County Judge Maureen Ward Kirby’s Nov. 12 ruling. One part of the ruling was where the judge said the referendum was ambiguously worded.
Based in Cook County, the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago and continues southwest to Joliet. From 2003 to early 2013 it extended into the city's southwest suburbs until reaching the border of Will County , and covered 97.84 square miles (253.4 km 2 ), making it one of the 40 smallest districts in the U.S. (although there are ...
Cook County’s budget has increased from $5.2 billion in fiscal year 2018 to $9.94 billion for 2025. Cook County’s budget in 2024 w Cook County approves increased budget including on abortions ...
The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois. [1] They are the head of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The president is chosen in a county-wide general election for a 4-year term, without term limits, at the same time that the county elects single-district ...
Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the second oldest African American incorporated town in the north following Brooklyn, Illinois, and was home to the country’s first black-owned airport, Robbins Airport.