(CBS) – About two dozen parents and students staged a sit-in Friday in hopes of saving Walter Gresham Elementary School.
It’s a “turnaround” school, which means the entire staff could be replaced.
School officials believe the sit-in could go on all weekend, but by late Friday most of the protesters had left.
CPS representatives walked the halls with school administrators to monitor the situation inside. Chicago Police arrived outside to secure the area and limit access.
“We do not take a decision to bring systemic change to a school lightly, but when change is in the best interest of our students, we will not waver,” CPS CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett said in a written statement.
The school, at 8524 S. Green St., is in in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.
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