CPS approves largest school closure in city's history - Following direct orders from King Rahn Emanuel himself! 50 SCHOOLS TO CLOSE

Children exit Lyman Trumbull Elementary School, one of the schools that will be closed. (Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune)

After hearing from aldermen, angry parents and community members in a meeting interrupted several times by protesters, the Chicago Board of Education today approved a plan to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program.

• Photos: Raw emotions at meeting

• List of schools closing or spared

• Disappointed alderman: 'This will go down in history'