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Vitale demand for proof of community support is met by Ames Referendum success (Video)
- Ligia Granados - Univision Chicago TV, mar 26, 2014
Parents and Ames Community leaders testified at the CPS Board meeting on Wednesday 03/15/14 after Referendum success asking David Vitale to reconsider plans to convert Ames to Military School. 69% of Voters said YES to SaveAmes.
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Will CPS reverse itself on Ames Middle School?
- Ben Joravsky - Chicago Reader, mar 25, 2014
When the votes were counted, it wasn't even close. The locals whupped Maldonado, winning roughly 69 percent of the votes.
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Ames Middle School Victory despite Marines at polling places
- Mike Klonsky - Mike Klonsky's Small Talk, mar 19, 2014
"Uniformed Marines have no business hanging around polling places during an election -- unless we're under martial law. Are we?
If not, back to the barracks. E Pluribus Unim."
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Community supports Ames Middle School. Another Logan Square victory last night.
- Fred Klonsky, mar 19, 2014
The results will be presented to the School Board on March 26 providing the officials “a great opportunity for them to go back and reflect on their vote in December,” said neighborhood activist Leticia Barrera.
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Mayor Rahm loses in primary election!
- Ben Joravsky - Chicago Reader, mar 19, 2014
"...three cheers for the activists in Logan Square who won big in the referendum over Mayor Emanuel's plans to turn Ames into a marine academy.
Almost 69 percent of the voters preferred to keep it a community school. Let's see if Mayor Emanuel backs down."
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Ames Middle School Should Not be a Military Academy, Voters Say
- Victoria Johnson - DNAInfo Chicago, mar 19, 2014
About two out of three voters in the eight precincts surrounding Ames voted Tuesday in an advisory referendum to keep Ames a neighborhood school and not to convert it to a military academy.
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Ames community down but not out in fight to save neighborhood school
- BY MAURICIO PEÑA - Medill Reports Chicago, feb 6, 2014
“It’s not a fight we should be having,” said Christian Diaz, Logan Square Neighborhood Association youth organizer. “As a community we made it happen. Now for them to take this community school and convert it to a military academy is a violation of trust and our interest.”
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CPS wants to convert Ames Middle School to a marine academy
- By Brian Dudley - Extra News, ene 30, 2014
In December 2014 the CPS Board voted to convert Ames Middle School into Marine Math and Science Academy. But the community is still fighting. Signatures were secured to put the following question on the March 18th primary ballot in seven precincts in the Ames enrollment area.
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Military Coup at Ames (Labor Beat Video)
- Larry Duncan - Labor Beat, dic 21, 2013
The raids against public neighborhood schools in Chicago continue...beyond the 50 closings announced last spring. On December 18, 2013 Chicago Public Schools voted to convert Ames Middle School into a Marine military high school.
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Ames outperforms Marine.
- Logan Square School Facilities Committee, nov 20, 2013
No Military Coup at Ames Middle School!
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Parents 'Disappointed over Schools Future.'
- Ashmar Mandou - Lawndale Bilingual News, nov 7, 2013
Ames Middle School parents, students, and advocates held a press conference to call out Alderman Roberto Maldonado's decision to more the Marine Military Academy into the community school.
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Conflicto por escuela militar en Chicago
- Jaime Reyes, Vívelohoy, nov 4, 2013
Un grupo de padres y activistas miembros de la organización Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) se manifestó frente a la Academia Phoenix en oposición de la conversión al grito de “Ames no está a la venta”. (Front Page Story in Hoy 11/4/13)
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Ames parents continue fight against Marine Military Academy
- David R. Stone - Substance News, nov 3, 2013
Following a week of confusing signals from the alderman, the mayor, and CPs, 85 Ames supporters spent about three hours canvassing their neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest side.
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La Escuela Ames Intermedia pertenece a la Comunidad! Pero el Alderman Maldonado otra vez está tratando de imponer la escuela Secundaria Marina Militar en el edificio de la escuela Ames.
- Leticia Barrera, LSNA Staff, jul 19, 2013
Este Miércoles Julio 24, 2013 el alderman Maldonado va a pedir a CPS que pongan la escuela Militar en Ames al comienzo de este año escolar.
Llama a CPS ahora y diles que pongan un alto al Alderman Maldonado!
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CPS plan could put military school, middle school in close quarters
- BY LAUREN FITZPATRICK Education Reporter, feb 22, 2013
“What one value is necessary to create a harmonious society?” Mr. Ramirez [7th Grade Teacher, Ames] asks. “What one value, Enrique?”
“Creating community,” Enrique Davila says.