Protesters vow to ‘save’ school from take over by ‘politically connected’ operator
BY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter rrossi@suntimes.com January 16, 2012 8:21PM
Parents and teachers marched on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday to try to save Marquette School from closing down in the same neighborhood King marched himself for fair housing. L-r are: Mary Edmonds (teacher) , Charles Brown and Pat Pointer of Action Now organization. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
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Updated: January 16, 2012 8:22PM
Scores of school activists waged a Rev. Martin Luther King Day march outside Marquette Elementary School Monday to protest plans to turn over the massive school to what they called a “politically connected’’ operator.
More than 200 protestors used the tune of “We shall overcome some day” to instead sing “we shall save our schools today’’ as they marched around Marquette School at 6550 S. Richmond and through the surrounding neighborhood.
Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Shar