Group PURE Pickets CPS Over Charter Schools Plan
Updated: Wednesday, 15 Dec 2010, 12:33 PM CST
Published : Wednesday, 15 Dec 2010, 11:07 AM CST
By Patrick Elwood, FOX Chicago News
Chicago - They are picketing at the Chicago School Board Wednesday morning. A group calling itself Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) is upset with the plan to add more charter schools to the CPS system.
Wednesday morning, a group of about 25 picketed in front of the Chicago Public Schools Headquarters.
PURE feels that CPS should stop putting money into that form of education and instead direct funds toward community schools.
Wanda Hopkins, a PURE organizer, said CPS is creating a two-tier system of really good schools and really bad
