DNA Info: CTU Plans Protest Against CPS Closings With ‘Long March’

Protesters hope to exert pressure on Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett.

Protesters clearly hope to exert some pressure on the Board of Education, which is expected to vote in public on each school closing individually, as requested at the last meeting by board member Carlos Azcoitia. Yet, after CPS general counsel James Bebley rejected the findings of hearing officers who argued against closings earlier this week, CTU wasn’t expecting the final verdict to change.

“This board is a rubber stamp that acts at the behest of City Hall,” said CTU spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin. “There may be some symbolic ‘no’ votes, to give an appearance that they are thinking independently. But make no mistake about this, they take their cues from the fifth floor of City Hall. Their own independent hearing officers have said 14 schools need to come off the list. What has been the mayor’s response? He’s not budging. Which means his board won’t either.”

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