Parents United For Responsible Education v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago

(Court opinion corrected 8/23/11.) City's Board of Education may designate a school in City of Chicago a "small school", or close the school and open an alternative school in its place, without holding Local School Council (LSC) elections and ceding governing authority over the school to LSC, per exemption of Section 34-2.4b of School Code. That provision gives School Board authority to directly govern alternative schools and to open and close schools. (KARNEZIS and HARRIS, concurring.)