Violet J. Cucci, age 83, lifetime resident of Chicago Heights, beloved wife of the late Peter Cucci (Nov. 12, 1974); dearest mother of Robert (Lynne) Cucci, Anthony Cucci and the late Paulette Mender (1996); fond mother-in-law of Richard Mender; loving grandmother of seven; great-grandmother of six. Visitation 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, at Hirsch Funeral Homes West End Chapel, Lincoln Hwy. and Otto Blvd, Chicago Heights. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, at St. Mary Church, 212 Monee Rd., Park Forest. Interment Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood. Memorials may be made to Y-Me, 212 W. Van Buren St., 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607. Info. 708-755-9014
![Chicago Public Schools vows to keep budget cuts from classrooms after pleas for increased state funding go unmet. But some schools face cuts. Chicago Public Schools leaders’ hopes of averting an approximately $400 million deficit were dashed over the weekend, when the Illinois Senate approved a state spending plan without additional funds that the state’s largest school district, alongside Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Teachers Union, has sought over the past year. But despite a “challenging financial year” ahead, CEO Pedro Martinez said at a media briefing Tuesday that CPS will maintain, if not increase, the total amount […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CTC-L-CPS-parent-workers-Johnson-26_187884845.jpg?w=525 "Chicago Public Schools vows to keep budget cuts from classrooms after pleas for increased state funding go unmet. But some schools face cuts. Chicago Public Schools leaders’ hopes of averting an approximately $400 million deficit were dashed over the weekend, when the Illinois Senate approved a state spending plan without additional funds that the state’s largest school district, alongside Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Teachers Union, has sought over the past year. But despite a “challenging financial year” ahead, CEO Pedro Martinez said at a media briefing Tuesday that CPS will maintain, if not increase, the total amount […]")
