I was leaving Franklin Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois for good. Sadness and anger enveloped me and I nearly had a fit right there on the spot. I would miss all of my teachers, my friends, and most of all, living in the city. On the car ride to our new house in Highland Park, I thought about Franklin.
Franklin Fine Arts school is a magnet school in the Old Town neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. A magnet school is not a public school, but not a private one either. The only way to get accepted is by random lottery.. I was lucky and got accepted to three out of the four schools I applied to. My parents chose Franklin because it was only a couple of blocks away and I could walk there every day. My favorite thing about Franklin was
Franklin Fine Arts school is a magnet school in the Old Town neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. A magnet school is not a public school, but not a private one either. The only way to get accepted is by random lottery.. I was lucky and got accepted to three out of the four schools I applied to. My parents chose Franklin because it was only a couple of blocks away and I could walk there every day. My favorite thing about Franklin was