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Friday, February 1, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Last nigh't school closing hearings

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Last nigh't school closing hearings:


Last nigh't school closing hearings

Isaiah McNulty, 13, an eighth-grader at May Academy, prepares to speak Thursday night during a public hearing on Chicago Public Schools closings at Friendship Baptist Church in Chicago. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
I don't know who writes headlines for S-T. But "fiesty" isn't the word I would have chosen to describe the hundreds of parents, teachers, students and community folks who have been turning out for BBB's school-closing hearings.