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Republican panel discusses identity, belonging with PALs
In the first meeting of its kind, representatives from Young Conservatives club were invited to speak to the Payton Advisory Leaders (PALs) during a seminar meeting on March 30 to discuss the Republican identity at Payton. This invitation comes after the published results of January’s ‘invisibility survey’, which aimed to pinpoint subgroups of the student Read more
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The Real Cost of Averted CPS Crises
In recent years, the Chicago Public Schools have teetered on the brink of severe teacher layoffs, devastating budget cuts, and disruptive strikes — pawns in a three-way tug-of-war between CPS, the Chicago Teachers Union, and politicians in Springfield. Interestingly, some fix seems to materialize at the eleventh hour: be it the State’s discovery of millions of Read more
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Generation All Initiative Seeks to Improve Neighborhood HS
While Generation All – The Chicago Community Trust initiative- may be a newer initiative that launched in 2014, the disparity between high school choices for Chicago students has hindered the city for more than a decade. As school “choice” increases in Chicago, the once pillar of the community, neighborhood schools (middle and high schools), have Read more
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Payton Freshmen: Be More Than an 896
The success around Payton continues to glorify the numerical and statistical achievement of its students. The admitted class of 2020 has yielded an entrance exam score of 896 – a score four shy of “perfection.” Out of all selective enrollment high schools, Payton is last in regards to opt-out Read more
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Things Payton Students Should Know Before the Primary
A lot has happened in the world of politics since the Iowa Caucuses in early February. In Iowa, Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Democratic caucus while Ted Cruz took the lead in the Republican caucus. In the New Hampshire primary, Sanders won the Democratic vote by nearly twenty percent while Donald Trump Read more
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Falling short in the classroom
As now widely reported, Chicago Public Schools has gone through with mid-year layoffs due to the district facing a hundred million dollar budget deficit. With the anticipation earlier this year being 5,000 layoffs and then dropping down to a few hundred, 62 employees received pink slips by their principals today. However, as students, parents, Read more
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On being white and attending Payton People of Color
I am a white woman, and I enjoy attending Payton People of Color (PPoC). This should not be laudable nor condemnable, although it might be perceived as both. According to its description on Selenium, PPoC is “open to anyone interested in having a safe space to discuss issues related to race, culture, and identity specific Read more
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Eighth Graders: So You’re Into Payton — Now What?
Dear Admitted Payton Student, I totally get it. In fact, every one of the 888 current Payton students know what it’s like to be in your very position as an 8th grade Chicagoan applying to high school: the exhaustive testing, the logistical hurdles, and the silent (or possibly overt) pressure from a parent or guardian. Read more
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Payton Community Stands with its Teachers
CPS’S letter home to parents last night did not seem to disrupt the nearly 200 pre-planned walk-in across Chicago today. While the letter’s language labeled these walk-ins as “civil disobediences,” it did not stop over one hundred Payton students from standing in support of their teachers. With many students arriving to school surprised to see a mass of Read more
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Wellness Fair 2016
The annual Wellness Fair, coordinated by Ms. Bertoni, was another great success this year as students, staff, and faculty enjoyed the healthy food, activities, and information in the atrium on February 12. Vendors, clubs, and volunteers spent all of the lunch periods promoting healthy living at Payton. Read more
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CPS Cuts $120 million from School Budgets, While FOP Backs Payton
Second semester cuts became a reality for many CPS Principals today. After the threat of layoffs due to the district’s place of blame on the union’s rejection of a “good” contract, principals attended a doomsday budget meeting this afternoon. Many principals became aware of today’s meeting last week, sending out emails to faculty speculating on Read more
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Students Rally with Teachers for a Fair Contract
Recap of CTU Rally on Wednesday, February 4 Over five thousand students, parents, teachers, and allies rallied with the Chicago Teachers Union for a fair contract and against the proposed layoffs. Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools announced the need to eliminate pension “pick-up” in 30 days as well as cutting $100 million from schools, resulting Read more
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CTU Calls for Mass Rally Amid CPS Announcement of CUTS
With the reality of cuts to schools fast approaching, the Chicago Teachers Union plans to protest the nearly 1,000 cuts threatened by the district. At Walter Payton HS, those cuts could result to approximately 4.4 positions down from the initial projection of 12 positions when the district threatened to layoff 5,000 positions by second semester. Read more
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Senate President Calls for State to Fix Education Funding Formula
With over 400,000 Chicago Public School students depending on state aid to fund their education, Senate President Cullerton called for a fix of the state’s funding formula. Chicago Public school students receive only $31 dollars in comparison to surrounding suburban districts receiving about $2,000 per pupil in state payouts. While surrounding districts have reserve funds Read more
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CPD and Latino Leaders Push for Diversity
Payton students have been active over the last two years in protest for more accountability and transparency in the Chicago Police Department. In part, because of Payton’s population residing in neighborhoods that are affected by overall crime and communities that lack trust in their local police precinct. Latino leaders from the Chicago Police Department, Chicago Read more
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The Paw Print 