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Cash-Strapped Chicago School System Spent Millions on Junk Food

Cash-Strapped Chicago School System Spent Millions on Junk Food That includes more than $135,500 to Alonti, roughly $74,000 to Dave & Buster's, nearly $65,700 to Panera Bread and more than $58,600 ... read more

Cash-Strapped Chicago Spent Millions on Food - Education Week

The Chicago school system spent millions of dollars to bring in food and beverages from area restaurants and catering companies, including more than $500,000 since July. Cash-Strapped Chicago ... read more

Cash-strapped CPS spent millions on pizza, subs - Chicago Tribune

Chicago Public Schools spent millions of dollars to bring in food and beverages from area restaurants and catering companies, including more than $500,000 since July, and now the district says it ... read more

CPS spent millions on outside food; can’t say who got a third of it - Chicago Sun-Times

More than $150,000 in pizza from Connie’s and Lou Malnati’s. More than $200,000 in Subway sandwiches. Those are just some of the expenditures that a cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools made ... read more

Chicago school system plans to borrow up to $389 million

Chicago's cash-strapped public school system plans to seek up to $389 million in short-term loans to avoid closing schools early for the summer and to make required pension payments next month ... read more

Junk-rated Chicago school system seeks $1 billion bond sales

The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools will be selling up to $1 billion of new and refunding bonds pending approval of its governing board later this week. The nation's third-largest public school ... read more

Third Ratings Agency Says CPS Bonds are ‘Junk' - NBC Chicago

A third financial ratings agency lowered the credit rating for the Chicago Public Schools to “junk” status on Friday, dealing another blow to the cash-strapped city school system. read more