School community votes and rejects the 'military coup' at Ames Middle School
This from the Logan Square School Facilities Council
The Results Are In!
Last week, Ames Middle School LSC members held a vote among parents and students on the future of Ames. Alderman Roberto Maldonado and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a plan in October to convert Ames into a 7th-12th grade Marine Academy-affiliated school.
The alderman’s plan got a powerful shellacking at the ballot box. The 808 voters sent a clear message – converting Ames into a selective enrollment military school goes AGAINST the will
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| Ames activists organize against military coup |
The Results Are In!
Maldonado's Military Coup at Ames Even Less Popular than Anticipated97% of Parents and 94% of Students Vote to Keep Ames as a Neighborhood School, not Military School
Last week, Ames Middle School LSC members held a vote among parents and students on the future of Ames. Alderman Roberto Maldonado and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a plan in October to convert Ames into a 7th-12th grade Marine Academy-affiliated school.
The alderman’s plan got a powerful shellacking at the ballot box. The 808 voters sent a clear message – converting Ames into a selective enrollment military school goes AGAINST the will
At CPS there's a new colonel in town
Rumor has it that there's a shake up brewing atop Byrd-Bennett's CPS bureaucracy. Some on the 5th Floor tells me that the roundly-despised Tim Cawley is out as BBB's Chief Administrative Officer and that he being replaced by former Marine Col. Tim Tyrrell.If true, Tyrell's appointment appears to be the colonel's reward to commanding the "successful" closing of 50 Chicago public schools w