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How is Waters Elementary School in Chicago?

true — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:42 -0800

Does anyone have experience with Waters Elementary School in the Chicago Public School system? We're considering moving to the area of Lincoln Square around Waters and are looking for any information - good or bad. Toddler True will be in Pre-K in two years and we'd like to move somewhere with a good public school.

CPS and/or Intervention. Need advice.

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:10:53 -0800

I think they just need to grow up, but do family members need an intervention and/or CPS called on them? My relatives are a messy and quite possibly insane bunch. It's not that they just forget to vacuum and dust once a month. Their house looks like it belongs in a slum. On top of that, they do not take care of themselves. And they have a 4 month old who I feel should not be in their care. I've been wanting to call CPS. Family members want to do an intervention, but without a professional running it. I feel they are enablers and want to take the easy route.

I saw the baby a few days ago. The child was wheezing like it had a cold. Ever since this poor kid has been home, it's had cold like symptoms.

I want the best for my relatives and their kid. I thought they needed to get their lives in order before they had a kid. Family enablers thought having a kid would do that. I feel a professional or a court appointed professional needs to help because my significant other and I have tried to our part on the emotional and physical levels.

Any suggestions from anyone who has been in a similar situation?

Are these kids alright?

butternut — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:47:43 -0800

ChildNeglectFilter: The new neighbor children have started coming to our door every day, desperately needing attention. What should (or can) we do? [mi] There are three kids, aged about 11, 8, and 6. The two youngest, a boy and a girl, come over multiple times every day after school –- 9:00 am this past Sunday -- asking to come in and be in our apartment and play with us. We can hear their mother and her boyfriend yelling at them all the time (and we’re talking verbal and emotional abuse here), so I know why they come over. We have been kind to them so far, but they are getting increasingly attached and really insistent on being with us. They are excessively needy and, truth be told, exasperatingly annoying to two people who don’t even want children of their own. My boyfriend is self-employed and works at home, and these kids are really hard to get rid of, and we feel bad because they have no where to go. We need serious advice.