Parent Power is hosting a school fair. Okay, I suppose any group can hold a 'fair.' But let's look at the details. The group is hosting the fair for 7th and 8th grade students as they ready to go into high school next year and the year after. Parent Power is working in conjunction with CPS, the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Illinois Network of Charter Schools.
Parent Power was founded by Tom Hurvis who use to serve on the board of New Schools for Chicago. New Schools is a charter organization. Though he no longer serves on the board of New Schools and denies that Parent Power has a pro charter agenda, one has to wonder.
What I wonder is this...how did CPS and its CEO, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, decide that Parent Power would host this? Who took the initiative to ask Parent Power to host? From my vantage point CPS should be hosting the fair and paying for it. When it comes to public education then the agency, the board, should be in charge. This is the best way to insure a degree of 'fairness' prevails.
Dick
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