From WBEZ:
Public testimony from thousands of parents and teachers has school officials reconsidering their original plans to close, consolidate or re-staff 14 schools.
[CPS Chief Administrative Officer]: We’ve considered community input and other information that we’ve gathered through the public hearing process, and we are strongly considering modifying the proposals that we submitted. And this is why we’ve had public hearings…
…Board members attended most public hearings this year. They’ve been criticized in the past for voting to kill schools without attending hearings.
This year and last, CORE attended every closing hearing and testified at most. We kept the heat on the Board and last year, we got 6 schools off the chopping block. According to this WBEZ report, we’re getting a few reprisals this year as well. CORE encourages all schools to continue their fights. We will continue to help. If your school is on the closing list, contact coreteachers@gmail.com.
