Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: MAY DAY! MAY DAY! -- School closings having a 'domino effect'

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: MAY DAY! MAY DAY! -- School closings having a 'domino effect':

MAY DAY! MAY DAY! -- School closings having a 'domino effect'

by Mike Klonsky

Waldheim

According to WBEZ reporter Becky Vevea, Chicago school closings are "part of much bigger restructuring effort— one that will affect more than 47,000 students and 132 schools."  Read this and see if you, or anyone else, can figure out this mess.

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Hey, it's a beautiful May Day, a great day to visit Waldheim Cemetery and the tomb of the Haymarket martyrs and then head over to Union Park at noon for the Immigrant and Worker Rights March and Rally which sets off at 1 PM to Federal Plaza.

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Valerie Strauss has an important piece in