Chicago Teachers Union: Mayor's Move to Close Black Schools Assault on Democracy
February 28, 2018
February 28, 2018
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 28 -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement by Vice President Jesse Sharkey in response to the decision by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board to close five Black schools over sweeping community opposition:
"Today we saw the naked hand of political repression reach out from the mayor's office, when Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked board ignored the passionate pleas of students and parents and voted over sweeping . . .
"Today we saw the naked hand of political repression reach out from the mayor's office, when Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked board ignored the passionate pleas of students and parents and voted over sweeping . . .