Thursday 12.22 * 3PM * Rally to Save Our Schools!

[rmperrotta]

Parents, students, teachers, and community members will hold simultaneous rallies and marches at seven schools slated for closure under Rahm's union-busting privatized education plan and demand resources for existing schools.

A leaked memo from the Chicago Public Schools reveals that Rahm's new team would like to close nearly 140 schools in the next two years. We don’t want control of our schools handed over to private interests. Privatization means education only goes to those who can afford it, while our property tax dollars are funneled through TIFs into corporations like Sears and CME who grease the right political palms.

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