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🌱 Patch AM: Are Alsip District 130 schools clean enough for your kids?

Happening soon: KINGS CLUB for children on the Alsip Patch calendar

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Good morning Alsip! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Are Alsip District 130 schools clean enough for your kids?

Also on today's calendar: KINGS CLUB for children and 9 more events.

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Saturday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 66.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 70 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cook County School District 130 community call for cleaner schools during Board of Education meeting (cbsnews.com) — Families in Alsip's District 130 are raising alarms about dirty, unsanitary school conditions after the board cut about 30 custodial jobs and shifted cleaning to a private contractor. Teachers, parents, and students packed a recent board meeting, demanding cleaner buildings and the return of union custodians while leaders cite background-check delays for new staff.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • District 130 Teachers, Former Custodians Raise Concerns Over School Conditions – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)

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  • Cook County School District 130 teachers report mold and vermin following custodian layoffs (wgntv.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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