Last Stand for Children First: We Did It!! Chicago School Board Approves Turnarounds

Last Stand for Children First: We Did It!! Chicago School Board Approves Turnarounds:

We Did It!! Chicago School Board Approves Turnarounds

by Last Stand for Children

"We were all scared to breathe. We closed our eyes and held hands and then one by one they voted to approve every one of the proposed actions unanimously! We hoped for 3 or 4 schools, but we got a shut out!" cried Last Stand for Children's Monica Caldwell

Ms. Caldwell could be forgiven her excitement as everybody at Last Stand for Children First was ecstatic over the Chicago School Board's decision to turn around every single school on the list. Only a few hours earlier Caldwell had joined dozens of other speakers at the open meeting. Caldwell's impassioned speech urged the Board to not be dissuaded by the poor academic performance of earlier turnarounds, the overwhelming parental sentiment against the turnarounds, or the deaths of students like Derrion Albert who were victims of previous