CHICAGO - Chicago school officials say they'll open a new arts-focused school in a neighborhood school once slated for closure. The move comes after protesters disrupted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget meetings this week.
Parents and activists have opposed the phased-out closure of Walter H. Dyett High School in the historically black Bronzeville neighborhood for years.
School officials cited poor performance and declining enrollment in their decision, but in June said they'd consider proposals to reopen.
Last month activists began a hunger strike, urging their plan of a community partnership for a green technology school.
Schools CEO Forrest Claypool made the announcement Thursday before another Emanuel budget hearing, saying the school will serve the neighborhood.
But parent and hunger striker Jeanette Taylor-Ramann says it's "baloney" and they'll continue protesting.