Chicago Public Schools know better about controlling children's safety.

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7. While it's mostly accurate, it's not completely accurate in telling the whole safety model story.

District 299 still has 330,411 students enrolled in 636 schools, 162 of them high schools.

So if 24 remove police, you can do the math and, if you choose, realize that the worst instances of police removal don't indict the school system's use of police. Using your examples...

"outside and near the schools" only underscores how safe students are INSIDE schools.

"a gunman opened fire in front of McDade Elementary at approximately 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, sending parents into a panic" further underscores that parents need to work on the safety of their communities OUTSIDE the public schools.

I've lived in Chicago for 49 years. Got held up by students from a high school at gunpoint outside my house in Hyde Park. I'd hardly claim it's the school's fault that they had guns or chose me as a target, but they were apprehended and served their time. One is a successful business man in his community now.

So what is it you're trying to promote here? Public school failure? Or a gun problem? Police problem? Chicago communities' problem?

Because you sure haven't proven a Chicago Public Schools failure.