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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Progressive Caucus says Rahm's cuts have created beggar schools

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Progressive Caucus says Rahm's cuts have created beggar schools:

Progressive Caucus says Rahm's cuts have created beggar schools

A Small Talk salute goes out to the members of the City Council's Progressive Caucus who "came out swinging"Thursday against Rahm's “draconian” school budget cuts.
“We are alarmed by the stripping of basic necessities which define a school. The neighborhood schools have been reduced to beggars, lacking such essentials as sanitation supplies, library book funds, field trip money, playground supervision,” the eight-member caucus said in a prepared statement.
The eight-member Caucus includes: Bob Fioretti (2nd); Leslie Hairston (5th); Roderick Sawyer (6th); Toni Foulkes (15th); Ricardo Munoz (22th); Scott Waguespack (32nd); Nick Sposato (36th) and John Arena (45th).

Ald. Sawyer
Ald. Sawyer, whose South Side ward is home to hundreds of teachers, said Emanuel cannot wash his hands of the problem by blaming the pension crisis.
“When we were consolidating schools, the argument was we would have more