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CPS closes schools due to severe winter storm, conditions

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The Chicago Public Schools announced school will be cancelled Monday, reversing the course they had set through the day. This after most area school districts and colleges had already called off classes and the Chicago Teachers Union had urged the move.

Here’s the press release CPS sent out Sunday afternoon.

Chicago Public Schools closed Monday

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