[2] The district, which serves all or portions of Posen, Robbins, Blue Island, Harvey, and Markham, is about 20 minutes of transportation away from the Chicago Loop.
[3] In a 10-year period ending in 2014 the district changed from being 58% black to 58% Hispanic.
In a three-year period ending in 2013, one elementary school saw its rank drop by 130 places.
As a result, the district began attempts to recruit teachers from Spain.
The superintendent received training on how to read announcements in the Spanish language at school assemblies.