More on CPS Closings

"Don't close our schools.  Consider the gang borders kids might be forced to cross.  And stop sending children far away from their homes."  These are but some of the comments made last night as parents addressed their concerns to the independent commission set up to recommend school closings later this spring.

One should have expected such comments.  These are very real concerns for the parents of many CPS children and they must be taken into consideration.

One of the other concerns voicecd at the meeting which took place at the House of Hope Church in Roseland was the fact that the meeting wasn't even publicized on the CPS website.   Hard to imagine a less credible way of asking for the engagment of the various communities.

Even more alarming, as pointed out by some parents, is the fact that the makeup of the commission has an absence of parent-community members with children attending CPS schools.  Credibility, notwithstanding the honorable intentions of the current commission members, is lacking without real community involvement.

It seems as though those most in need of help are denied the opportunities to pitch in.

Dick