(copied from Ed forum)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=117x3685http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-skulcuts05.htmlCity to shutter 10 grade schools
June 5, 2004
BY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter
The largest school-closing push since Mayor Daley took over the Chicago Public Schools nine years ago was announced Friday, along with plans not to accept freshmen this fall at two troubled high schools with, between them, 250 violent incidents last year.
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Let's see....The remaining schools are overcroweded, underfunded, and yet somehow will still be required to take in the students from these closed schools. Makes sense.