Charisma Edwards, 5, center, checks out the artwork of a classmate during a class at Chalmers Elementary school in Chicago last month. America’s big cities are seeing their schools shrink, with more and more of their schools serving small numbers of students.
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Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago’s West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staffers, including a teacher and a tutor, chatted with them about colors and shapes. The summer program offers the kind of one-on-one support parents love. But behind the scenes, Principal Romian Crockett worries the school is becoming precariously small.
