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CHICAGO -- Five years ago, many Chicago public school teachers dreaded being assigned to Nicholas Senn High School. While student discipline might have been an issue at other schools, "You would say, 'At least it's not Senn'," Principal Susan Lofton said.
Lofton, appointed principal in 2010, is seen as a driving force in the Near North Side school's renaissance. After she took the helm, students -- some of whom routinely cursed teachers or sold drugs at a nearby train station -- began to realize that such behavior would not be tolerated...