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Del Valle for Mayor | For All Chicago For Every Neighborhood: Rahm Emanuel Hit On School Policy By High Schoolers For Del Valle--Huffington Post

Del Valle for Mayor | For All Chicago For Every Neighborhood: Rahm Emanuel Hit On School Policy By High Schoolers For Del Valle--Huffington Post

Rahm Emanuel Hit On School Policy By High Schoolers For Del Valle--Huffington Post


From Huffington Post, 2.1.2011

A group of Chicago high school students has decided to take Rahm Emanuel to task for his education policy.

Cristina Henriquez, Gerardo Aguilar, and Alexandra Alvarez appear in a YouTube video, uploaded Sunday, entitled "Invest in Our Public Schools." The spot attacks Emanuel for his praise of the city's charter schools, and backs rival candidate Miguel del Valle for supporting neighborhood schools.

"I go to Roger C. Sullivan High School," says Henriquez. "This is not one of the schools Rahm Emanuel cares