Las Casas Occupational High School

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Las Casas Occupational High School was an alternative high school located at 8401 South Saginaw Avenue in the South Chicago area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school, a part of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), intended to educate autistic, cognitively delayed, and behavior disordered students so they could take jobs. [1]

By February 2009, CPS announced that the school would close because of building deficiencies and layout problems. [2] The school was given a reprieve, and was eventually closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year. [3]

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References

  1. "Home of the Bobcats! Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Las Casas Occupational High School. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  2. Belisomo, Randi. "C.P.S. Closings: The Lost Kids of Las Casas? Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today ." CLTV . February 5, 200. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  3. "Board approves eight school actions". Chicago Public Schools. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

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