Too many prom dates?

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Too many prom dates?

CNN has a new original series called "Chicagoland." Here's one high school student who's making a change for the better.

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'Chicagoland' 11 videos

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Too many prom dates?

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Liz Dozier is principal at Chicago's Fenger High School, where gang violence poses a threat every day.

Is she the toughest principal in U.S.?

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Students avoid gangs on way to school

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Billy Dec: The real mayor of Chicago?

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Kid demands mayor 'talk to the people'

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Rahm Emanuel: Losing finger changed me

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Chicago rapper balances fame, loss

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'We've lost kids over the summer'

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Program for youth at risk

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Principal refuses to give up on student

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Mayor wears mentor hat

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