Humboldt Park

 In the 2013 CPS school closings, Humboldt Park lost its only four public schools residing in East Humboldt Park. By a vote from the board, Von Humboldt Elementary, Duprey, Ryerson as well as Lafayette school were voted to close with only one alderman out of nine showing up at the board meeting to urge voters to keep Humboldt Park's schools open. As Duprey only had 100 students enrolled total, it was considered underutilized to some, however the parents found this to be one of the many aspects making the school great. With class sizes of 30-40 parents argued, the students would not recieve enough one-on-one attention and support. Parents of the Lafayette school district scheduled walk-outs and picketing outside of their Alderman's office, but to no avail. Before the vote, only two board members actually visited the Von Humboldt elemetary school as requested by the teachers and parents. Those with connections to the school wanted to show the board members just how great their school could be, and of the 6 voters, only the two who visited voted to keep the school open. The principal of the school, Lawson, was quoted saying, "We were very hopeful. We really were a school on the rise so we were very hopeful." As East Humboldt Park now has exactly zero public schools to offer its students, parents have new worries about how their children will get to their new schools and whether or not they will be crossing gang boundaries on their way.