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By Ann Bradley 鈥 October 01, 2004 1 min read
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The Chicago board of education has approved guidelines for opening new schools under the mayor鈥檚 Renaissance 2010 plan, which calls for creating 100 new schools in the city in the next six years. (See 鈥淐hicago to 鈥楽tart Over鈥 With 100 Small 69传媒,鈥 July 14, 2004.)

The policy, approved on Sept. 22, spells out three types of schools that will open in the 434,000-student district: charter schools; contract schools run by independent organizations; and 鈥減erformance schools,鈥 which will be run by the district under five-year plans that set out performance goals.

Compared with traditional city schools, the schools will have greater autonomy over their budgets, the length of the school day, curriculum, and staffing.

Contract and performance schools will be able to choose whether to have an elected local school council. Charter schools will be exempt from having the councils, which were set up in traditional schools by a provision of the 1988 state legislation that overhauled Chicago鈥檚 schools.

The policy also states that children whose schools are closed will be guaranteed slots in the new schools that open in their community.

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