Monday, January 28, 2013

School Tech Connect: Divide and Conquer

School Tech Connect: Divide and Conquer:




Divide and Conquer

Check out the media guidance from CPS in advance of tonight's network "hearing" at Truman College at 7PM.

If you're new around here--- CPS is having a number of public events where people are purportedly being given a "voice" in the school closing crisis that the district has manufactured through inept planning and a privatization agenda.

Here's what they sent out:

As many of you are aware, the second phase of community engagement around school utilization begins this evening. These meetings are an opportunity for parents and other school community members to engage with us at the front end of this process. It is crucial that they have a voice in how we address our utilization challenges. 

Over the next several weeks, we will be holding two community meetings in every school network. The first set of meetings will include presentations and discussions about all schools in that Network and the second set of meetings will be a follow-up discussion that includes conversations about individual