About 50 Chicago public schools to face closure: City Hall sources

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Chicago Public Schools officials are expected to announce about 50 elementary schools will be closed — believed to be the largest number ever closed in one place at one time in the country, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Four City Hall sources put the number of closures at 50 or slightly higher.

Population decline eventually leads to school closures. The great moments of Blue America.