Moses Montefiore Academy (also known as Moses School or simply Montefiore) was a special school of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Established in 1929, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The school was located Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois and served students with severe emotional disorders. [ …

Aug 9, 2017 · In late 2014, Vice aired Last Chance High, a documentary about the Near West Side’s Moses Montefiore Academy—at the time, CPS’s only elementary school for special-needs students. About a year...

Aug 16, 2023 · ‘Last Chance High’ is a documentary series released in 2014 that follows various students of Moses Montefiore Academy in Chicago, Illinois. Most of these kids were asked to leave their previous academic institutes due to various reasons like aggressive behavior.

Sep 19, 2017 · Melvin was a former student of the now-shuttered Moses Montefiore Academy, a school for high-risk youth on Chicago’s West Side. According to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Homicide Watch, police said the...

Aug 12, 2015 · CPS says it did not close the Moses Montefiore specialty school, the last remaining district-run elementary school for students with profound emotional and behavioral disabilities. But this fall there will be no students enrolled in the school, located in the gentrifying Near West Side.

Jul 3, 2017 · The docuseries explores the issues faced by the students with severe emotional and behavioral problems at Moses Montefiore Special Elementary School, which used to be open at 1310 S. Ashland...

Aug 8, 2017 · On Tuesday, VICELAND is airing the first episode of LAST CHANCE HIGH, a Peabody Award-winning documentary series chronicling life inside the walls of Chicago’s Moses Montefiore Academy.