Education

CPS Board Chairman Dead

WTTW News | November 16, 2009, 7:00 pm

The body of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott was discovered early this morning in the Chicago River near the Apparel Center. His death has been ruled a suicide. Elizabeth Brackett has the latest details.

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