CTU President Karen Lewis discusses school closings.
The Mayor's office and Board of Education have threatened to close up to one hundred of our neighborhood schools. CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett is expected to release the hit list within a week.
Through the month of February, CPS held hearings underwritten by the Walton Family Foundation (Wal-Mart) to sell these school closings to the public. Concurrently, charter school profiteers have been pushing their message of replacing neighborhood schools with charters through the so-called "School Choice Week." The public did not buy what the saboteurs and privatizers were selling and thousands attended these meetings to save all schools from closing. CTU members and our parents and community partners have organized summits, knocked on doors, and phoned aldermen.
We, as a Union, need to be prepared for the release of the hit list by staying organized and vigilant.
CTU President Karen GJ Lewis explains what we all must do to save our schools.
Through the month of February, CPS held hearings underwritten by the Walton Family Foundation (Wal-Mart) to sell these school closings to the public. Concurrently, charter school profiteers have been pushing their message of replacing neighborhood schools with charters through the so-called "School Choice Week." The public did not buy what the saboteurs and privatizers were selling and thousands attended these meetings to save all schools from closing. CTU members and our parents and community partners have organized summits, knocked on doors, and phoned aldermen.
We, as a Union, need to be prepared for the release of the hit list by staying organized and vigilant.
CTU President Karen GJ Lewis explains what we all must do to save our schools.