Angry Parents Speak Out at School Board Meeting
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday faced angry community members opposed to two of the new administration’s cornerstone reforms—overhauling failing schools and increasing the length of the school day.
Neither issue was on the agenda, which included the approval of three new student health policies, two additional kindergarten magnet classrooms and the transfer of $114.6 million in tax-increment financing from the city for the construction of a new Jones College Prep High School.
Here’s a detailed look of what happened at the Board meeting:
Keep (insert name of school here) Open!
In December, the Chicago Public Schools administration announced actions affecting 21 schools. Ten of them were designated for turnaround—a process in which existing staff is fired and new leadership takes over the