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67. make that >ONE persons's perspective, from here in chicago ,....

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Sat May 25, 2013, 07:35 PM

May 2013

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"In less time than it takes to boil an egg" Chicago closes 50 schools. [View all] madfloridian May 2013 OP

Thanks for all you do, madfloridian. Wilms May 2013 #1

+1 HiPointDem May 2013 #8

+1 moondust May 2013 #9

+1 Divernan May 2013 #23

+1 here too. bvar22 May 2013 #24

+1 Canuckistanian May 2013 #26

+1 Starry Messenger May 2013 #31

+1 woo me with science May 2013 #33

+1 Octafish May 2013 #42

+1 Rex May 2013 #47

Rahm Emanuel should be ashamed of himself. Little Star May 2013 #2

Rahm truely believes he's God Drale May 2013 #3

I thought Daley was bad but Emanuel makes him look like a saint Chisox08 May 2013 #5

Yes, he should. madfloridian May 2013 #32

Sociopathy and shame or guilt do not coexist tavalon May 2013 #34

It is sad to see what Rahm Emanuel is doing to Chicago. Chisox08 May 2013 #4

Oh, I see. Some shell company is building the arena for DePaul. KamaAina May 2013 #65

Rahm & his incrediby expensive ego trip: "Look at me, I'm the king of Chicago." Divernan May 2013 #6

Chicago population 1960 = 3.5 million. Chicago population 2010 = 2.7 million hack89 May 2013 #7

you think these are the first schools they've closed since 1960? HiPointDem May 2013 #10

Are the schools full or not? hack89 May 2013 #11

yes, the schools are full. the city used a formula that said 'optimal' class size was 30 students/ HiPointDem May 2013 #14

Damn Straight,HiPoint!-national record for school closings in 1 yr! Divernan May 2013 #18

Manipulating the data to enrich corporate education coffers. madfloridian May 2013 #30

Firing union teachers;turning schools over to private operator is NOT consolidation. Divernan May 2013 #13

They would still have to close schools hack89 May 2013 #15

How about a link to "what you saw"? Perhaps a pm from Rahm? Divernan May 2013 #16

a great many schools are being closed because of the emptying out of public housing. mopinko May 2013 #40

He is destroying public education. madfloridian May 2013 #43

not sure how you destroy something that is already horrible. mopinko May 2013 #46

Only 2% of Chicagoans strongly approve of the Rahmfather. Divernan May 2013 #44

Rahm's Napoleonic complex runs amuk w/grandiose $3 billion plans. Divernan May 2013 #45

k/r marmar May 2013 #12

Pew Charitable Trust disagrees with Rahm & Hack89. Oh!the effrontery of Pew! Divernan May 2013 #17

I wonder who's going to be Chicago's next mayor? It won't be Emanuel. nt live love laugh May 2013 #19

That's why he's jamming through this huge block of closings in one year. Divernan May 2013 #21

They had a good and union backed candidate but Rahm won lunasun May 2013 #27

Wanna bet? I say he wins in a walk tritsofme May 2013 #35

Closings especially painful for special need students of color. Divernan May 2013 #20

Good posts. madfloridian May 2013 #29

Rahm's morally bankrupt move to cement economic inequality. Divernan May 2013 #22

Kicking and shame on those making bullshit excuses for this worhtless fuck of a mayor. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #25

Rahm's so indefensible, even the ususal PRO spinners are not posting. Divernan May 2013 #36

In my neighborhood they're closing good performing schools which are not Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #37

name names mopinko May 2013 #48

I was thinking of Lorenz Brentano which had been put on the chopping block. But Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #63

see, this is the kind of thing that has exemplified the whole debate. mopinko May 2013 #64

For one the massive pushback to save this school in particular Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #66

i doubt it. mopinko May 2013 #70

Sure it's probably wishful thinking on my part. The parents Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #72

i'm not defending him personally. if he moved in next to me, i would burn my own house down mopinko May 2013 #73

future land grab imo close to the lake so disassemble communities as a start lunasun May 2013 #28

close to the lake? mopinko May 2013 #52

see #58 lunasun May 2013 #59

it wont happen over night and yes none are far from a lake/downtown in a large metropolitan area lunasun May 2013 #58

one's perspective, from here in chicago, mopinko May 2013 #62

make that >ONE persons's perspective, from here in chicago ,.... lunasun May 2013 #67

we each don't get to decide how close we are to the lake. mopinko May 2013 #69

Watch these addresses SoCalDem May 2013 #38

Or high-performing charter schools? madfloridian May 2013 #39

Yep.. You're right.. many will become charter SoCalDem May 2013 #41

it's the chicago school system. of course they are in chicago. mopinko May 2013 #51

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

Charter schools, run by some Corporation, maybe even a foreign Corporation. sabrina 1 May 2013 #55

bloody few. a couple of them in the next decade, maybe. mopinko May 2013 #49

Then explain it to us. 'Slums' means 'poor' to me. sabrina 1 May 2013 #56

the city of chicago has gone through huge demographic shifts mopinko May 2013 #61

Rahm Emmanuel, who does he really work for? sabrina 1 May 2013 #50

Rahm works for whoever has the most to give him AndyA May 2013 #54

Rahm Emanuel AndyA May 2013 #53

Rahm's an absolute disgrace. (nt) DirkGently May 2013 #57

Indeed he is. madfloridian May 2013 #60