The Chicago School Board on Tuesday will vote to take over Chicago High School for the Arts and to allow a small charter high school in South Chicago to close, but questions remain unresolved as board members confront the difficult issue of what to do when the boards of publicly funded, privately run schools decide to walk away.

Under the proposal being considered, ChiArts would become a district-run fine arts magnet school, but it remains unclear what will happen to its lauded and expensive conservatory in which students get three hours of art classes every day. CPS officials previously proposed making the conservatory open to all students, not just ones enrolled in ChiArts, but board members say ChiArts families were unhappy with that proposal.

Meanwhile, teachers of Epic Charter Schoo

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