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In reply to the discussion: "In less time than it takes to boil an egg" Chicago closes 50 schools. [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)36. Rahm's so indefensible, even the ususal PRO spinners are not posting.
I refer to those hard core "anyone or thing remotely connected to the Obama administration cannot be criticized" posters. And there's no denying that Rahm and Chicago are each just one degree of separation away from the President. Although Obama never sent his kids to the public schools - they went to the prestigious and very exclusive, private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park.
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"In less time than it takes to boil an egg" Chicago closes 50 schools. [View all]
madfloridian
May 2013
OP
Rahm & his incrediby expensive ego trip: "Look at me, I'm the king of Chicago."
Divernan
May 2013
#6
yes, the schools are full. the city used a formula that said 'optimal' class size was 30 students/
HiPointDem
May 2013
#14
Firing union teachers;turning schools over to private operator is NOT consolidation.
Divernan
May 2013
#13
a great many schools are being closed because of the emptying out of public housing.
mopinko
May 2013
#40
I wonder who's going to be Chicago's next mayor? It won't be Emanuel. nt
live love laugh
May 2013
#19
Kicking and shame on those making bullshit excuses for this worhtless fuck of a mayor. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2013
#25
In my neighborhood they're closing good performing schools which are not
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2013
#37
I was thinking of Lorenz Brentano which had been put on the chopping block. But
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2013
#63
i'm not defending him personally. if he moved in next to me, i would burn my own house down
mopinko
May 2013
#73
it wont happen over night and yes none are far from a lake/downtown in a large metropolitan area
lunasun
May 2013
#58
Wow so people in poor communities are disposible or communities do not exist there in your mind
lunasun
May 2013
#68
the people are gone. that is the point that so many are missing. the kids are gone.
mopinko
May 2013
#71