Whittier protestors meet with Brizard, insist library be in field house
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Community activists staging a sit-in at Whittier Elementary School got a private meeting with new Chicago schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard Monday.
The activists who held a 36-day sit-in last fall to prevent demolition of a field house on school grounds spent much of last week occupying the field house to prevent construction crews from building a library inside the school. The group, which includes parents of Whittier students and neighborhood activists, has called for a library at Whittier but they want it built in the field house, not the main school building.
On Monday they asked CPS to give them a letter detailing the district's plans for special education students and how the district would make the library accessible to all students, including those who use wheelchairs.
"We hope this is the beginning of an open dialogue,
The activists who held a 36-day sit-in last fall to prevent demolition of a field house on school grounds spent much of last week occupying the field house to prevent construction crews from building a library inside the school. The group, which includes parents of Whittier students and neighborhood activists, has called for a library at Whittier but they want it built in the field house, not the main school building.
On Monday they asked CPS to give them a letter detailing the district's plans for special education students and how the district would make the library accessible to all students, including those who use wheelchairs.
"We hope this is the beginning of an open dialogue,
