With nearly 6,000 new migrants this year, CPS CEO pledges support as financial needs grow – WBEZ (Chicago)

Between August and January, CPS welcomed 5,700 migrant students, mostly from Venezuela. After years of decline, CPS’s Feb. 1 enrollment figure of nearly 329,000 is up by 5,600 over the same date last year, CPS said. CEO Pedro Martinez said those nearly 6,000 students need a lot of academic support, often lacking stable housing, basic necessities, proper clothes or school supplies. “We’re going to need continued support from the city and from the state. Our biggest population is in preschool.”