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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Whittier parents’ library occupation gets a big win. “What ‘genius’ ordered the heat turned off on women and children?” � Fred Klonsky's blog

Whittier parents’ library occupation gets a big win. “What ‘genius’ ordered the heat turned off on women and children?” � Fred Klonsky's blog

Whittier parents’ library occupation gets a big win. “What ‘genius’ ordered the heat turned off on women and children?”

The fight for a library at Whittier school in Pilsen won big victories yesterday as the Chicago City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for the heat to be turned back at the abandoned park field house. Parents have occupied the field house for weeks demanding it be turned into a much-needed library for the school. The Council also voted to stop the demolition plans and ordered a study on the whether the field house