"We're going to have a new Near South Side," says Delena Little, principal of Drake Elementary. "It would be good to have a good neighborhood school when the real estate boom catches up."
Little hopes that Drake, which she calls "the best-kept secret on the South Side," will be that school. For now, though, neighborhood dynamics are working against her.
With the Chicago Housing Authority tearing down buildings, many of Drake's students have been forced to leave the school's attendance area. This fall, the few remaining families in the Prairie Courts development, which borders Drake on two sides, moved out. Amid the turmoil, Drake's rising test scores took a …
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