Las Casas Occupational High School was an alternative high school located at 8401 South Saginaw Avenue in the
South Chicago area of
Chicago
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
, United States. The school, a part of
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest school district in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles.
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(CPS), intended to educate
autistic
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, cognitively delayed, and behavior disordered students so they could take jobs.
By February 2009, CPS announced that the school would close because of building deficiencies and layout problems. The school was given a reprieve, and was eventually closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year.
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Las Casas Occupational High School
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2011 disestablishments in Illinois
Educational institutions disestablished in 2011
Former high schools in Illinois
Public high schools in Chicago