CPS Parent Info and Updates

April 15, 2021 Dear CPS Families, Colleagues, and Supporters, Every year, Chicago Public Schools administers assessments that measure student growth and achievement. The results of district-required assessments are used for many purposes, including public reporting, school and teacher evaluations, student promotion and retention, student program applications, and school summer planning. The district has carefully considered the benefits of administering these assessments in light of the many disruptions our students, families, and teachers have experienced this year and has amended the following assessment requirements: NWEA MAP Growth for students in second through eighth grade is canceled REACH Performance Task administration is canceled Additionally, CPS is planning […]

A Note From CPS Leadership Dear CPS Colleagues, Families, and Supporters, Tens of thousands of CPS students have safely returned to the classroom, and we want to ensure all interested families have the option to learn in person when the fourth quarter begins on April 19. The families of all students who have not yet returned to school — including high school students who we hope to bring back for the first time — have been sent opt-in forms. The deadline for opt-in forms has been extended to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, to provide families additional time to […]

Travel Guidance for Families Flyer – English Guía de Viajes para Familias durante COVID-19 – Español

CPS students may be eligible for Pandemic-EBT cards Your CPS students may be eligible for a Pandemic-EBT grocery card to purchase food. For each day that K-12 school children lack access to an in-school lunch, P-EBT provides eligible families with $6.82 in benefits per student, per day. These benefits are provided on a card that can be used like a debit card to purchase food at any grocery store that accepts LINK cards. Benefits will be issued starting in March but they will be retroactive to the start of the 2020-2021 school year; benefits will go through the end of […]

Dear CPS Colleagues, Families, and Supporters, Our schools grew even more energized this week as students in grades 6-8 returned to their classrooms for the first time in a year. This means that as of now, all elementary school students who want to learn in person, along with our students in cluster programs, are back in school where they belong. Even as we celebrate our students’ return, CPS remains focused on providing our high school students and students in academic centers with the option to return to school as well. Our high school reopening task force is meeting twice a […]