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Tour guide Peggy Nims hugs a friend after she made it out of Hidden River Cave on Thursday, May 26, 2106, after 18 people on a cave tour were trapped due to flash flood waters in Horse Cave, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Daily News, Austin Anthony) 
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![Parents, students, teachers and advocates filled dozens of seats in the auditorium at Chicago Public Schools’ Downtown offices ahead of the vote that would determine the district’s way forward – for the next five years. Shortly after the Board of Education’s unanimous vote to approve its new five-year strategic plan, the room burst into applause, but not all who observed the vote were pleased. After the vote, among the five speakers who signed up to address the board, Angel Alvarez, a South Chicago native and CPS alumni, reprimanded the board for its new plan, stating that it “failed to address […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-CPS-budget05_193536762.jpg?w=525 "Parents, students, teachers and advocates filled dozens of seats in the auditorium at Chicago Public Schools’ Downtown offices ahead of the vote that would determine the district’s way forward – for the next five years. Shortly after the Board of Education’s unanimous vote to approve its new five-year strategic plan, the room burst into applause, but not all who observed the vote were pleased. After the vote, among the five speakers who signed up to address the board, Angel Alvarez, a South Chicago native and CPS alumni, reprimanded the board for its new plan, stating that it “failed to address […]")