Yesterday's gathering in Springfield, with people from all parts of Illinois, was one that essentially called on the states leaders to do something now in terms of short-term and long-term funding. Whether it's helping CPS or rural schools, the parents and school officials who made their way to the state capital had one voice and that is pass legislation NOW.
Perhaps few expressed their ideas any better than Douglass High School Principal Catherine Jones who said, "Our school is in dire distress. There are a whole lot of things our kids don't have now, and if we don't pass the bill (the Senate version), we'll lose more." That's it in a nutshell...the kids will lose.
The upshot from the gathering in Springfield? That's anyone's guess. The clock is ticking on the end of the Spring Legislative session and something will have to happen in the next couple of days or the kids will have even less.
Dick
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