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Moses Montefiore Academy or Moses Montefiore School is a special school of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It is located in the Near West Side of Chicago. It serves students with severe emotional disorders. As of April 2015, most Montefiore students had been expelled from other schools due to violent behavior. As of 2015 it serves grades 7-9. As of August 2015, the Chicago Public Schools eliminated all students and most staff from the school (except an assistant principal and a clerk), but claims that the school is not closed.
History
In 1988, a gunman entered the school property and shot a 40-year-old female police officer, Irma Ruiz, dead. The assailant also injured a 38-year-old male police officer, Gregory Jaglowski. The injured male police officer shot the gunman dead.
In 2010, the school had 62 students in grades 5-8. In the years until 2010 there had been a decline in enrollment and Micah Maidenberg of the Chicago Journal wrote that "Staff and administrators at Montefiore had feared closure". In 2010 CPS announced plans to add a high school division to Montefiore with a plan to make it a 6-12 school; at the time the district administration was recommending Bartholome De Las Casas Occupational School, which had 82 students, for closure. Ron Huberman, the CEO of CPS, stated that the Montefiore facility is superior to the De Las Casas facility for special education.
Vice made a short documentary series on the school, titled, "Last Chance High."