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Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting

What do you think about the parents at Whittier protesting Board plans to tear down a field house -- and winning massive coverage and a meeting with Huberman?

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Pilsen residents fight City Hall Sun Times: On its third day, a sit-in by parents demanding a library for a Pilsen elementary school took several twists and turns -- with police at one point threatening arrests, then abruptly leaving after more than 100 parents, students and teachers pushed past barricades to support the protesters...