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You heard about the kids. You saw the video. Here’s the story. « Fred Klonsky's blog

You heard about the kids. You saw the video. Here’s the story. « Fred Klonsky's blog

You heard about the kids. You saw the video. Here’s the story.

Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ has a website that includes City Life by Achy Obejas. In her recent post she gives us some background on the Sullivan High School students who made the video in response to Rahm Emanuel’s slam of Chicago public high schools.

Gerardo Aguilera, Alexandra Alvarez, and Cristina Henriquez are all juniors at Sullivan High School. These students’ efforts to mobilize their community to