Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Edward M. Burke joined Principal Judith Sauri (far-left) and community leader Silvia Miranda (far-right) at the Edwards School in the 14th Ward for a forum hosted by the Public Building Commission outlining plans to build a new $15 million, three-story annex at 4815 South Karlov Avenue. The annex will open in the fall of 2016 and provide 23 new classrooms. Alderman Burke has credited Miranda, the President of the Edwards School Leadership Committee, for her tireless efforts, along with members of the Local School Council, the Bi-Lingual Advisory Committee and the No Child Left behind Committee, to win approval for the project from the Chicago Board of Education. The project seeks to reduce overcrowding and will result in the removal of the existing modular units on the school grounds.