Board of Ed Gets an Earful from Northside Parents

Angry parents and students gave the Chicago Public Schools more than they bargained for at a raucous public hearing on public school closings.  Billed as an opportunity for parents and the community to speak on their concerns and for CPS to listen, the CPS team's proposed agenda began with an hour long 'infomercial.' Participants refused to go along with that approach, and the CPS reps lost control of the meeting.

NA4J member Mia Norris was one of the hundreds of members of NA4J and other Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) partners speaking out at the meeting.