Mila Koumpilova
@milakoumpilova
Senior reporter @ChalkbeatCHI, 2023-24 Knight-Wallace fellow.
North Dakota’s first Bulgarian-born rookie reporter of the year, @aubgedu & @mizzou alum
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A $10,000 bill for summer camp. Treks out to the suburbs. Lots of anxiety. Samantha Smylie writes about the challenges of making it through summer break for Chicago families of kids with disabilities. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…
Chicago Public Schools and its teachers union have made little headway so far in high-stakes talks over a new contract. Their latest public bargaining session is tonight. With Reema Amin. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…
Chicago's educators likely won't have a new contract by Aug. 26, the first day of school. That used be a bad sign; this year, a strike is not on the horizon. Still, CPS and CTU are not making much headway on negotiations. With Mila Koumpilova: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…
Two new things to add to the WBEZ + Chicago Sun-Times scoop of City Hall looking to replace CPS CEO Pedro Martinez: Sources told us that Martinez is not interested in leaving, and that CPS + City Hall are still clashing over taking out a loan and pension payments chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…
First day of school a busy one for CPS - Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, who will be on WTTW - Chicago PBS #ChicagoTonight this evening to talk about the district’s future. Tune in! 5:30 and 10. #CPS 📚📓✏️🚸🏫🖍️ Hope the day’s going great so far students, teachers and parents! #Back2School
Closures disproportionately affect majority-Black schools, Alec MacGillis notes. Just look at Chicago. A deep look at the post-pandemic reckoning with enrollment declines, zeroing in on Rochester, N.Y., as it considered shuttering 11 of its 45 schools: propublica.org/article/school…
The work of Fletcher's office led to criminal charges against employees accused of sexual abuse, the firing of staffers for PPP loan fraud & — spurred by Chalkbeat Chicago's reporting — an end to automatically enrolling students at some high schools in JROTC. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…