Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) activists campout in front of the Chicago Board of Education headquarters to guarantee a chance to speak out the following day against pending vote to close sixteen public schools...
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
CPS Recinds Closure of Six Schools, Protests Still On
This is from Chicago Public Schools:
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 23, 2009
CPS WITHDRAWS PROPOSALS FOR PEABODY, YALE, LAS CASAS, HOLMES, GLOBAL VISIONS AND HAMILTON
Officials Cite Compelling Community Testimony & Improved Scores
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman announced today that six schools have been taken off the list of school closures, turnarounds and consolidations, after community groups and parents provided compelling arguments in support of the neighborhood schools and their performance levels...
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 23, 2009
CPS WITHDRAWS PROPOSALS FOR PEABODY, YALE, LAS CASAS, HOLMES, GLOBAL VISIONS AND HAMILTON
Officials Cite Compelling Community Testimony & Improved Scores
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman announced today that six schools have been taken off the list of school closures, turnarounds and consolidations, after community groups and parents provided compelling arguments in support of the neighborhood schools and their performance levels...
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