{"id":344186,"date":"2010-02-20T17:29:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/schools-threatend-by-closure-rally"},"modified":"2010-02-20T17:29:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:29:05","slug":"schools-threatend-by-closure-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/344186","title":{"rendered":"Schools threatend by closure rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO\u00a0(WBBM)\u00a0 &#8212; Students and parents from several of the 10 schools threatened with closure by the Chicago Public Schools rallied at Rainbow\/PUSH headquarters on the South Side.<\/p>\n<p>\nDeneen School is scheduled to be re-staffed because of underperformance.  Twins Armani and Amani Piett attend Deneen School said their experience has been good classroom instruction and great after-school programs.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We might just have a nervous breakdown,&#8221; said one of the twins, drawing laughter and applause from those attending the rally.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey then shouted in unison, &#8220;Please don&#8217;t break up and destroy our Deneen family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nWendell Phillips High School also will be re-staffed.  Brandon Cransberry ranks third in his junior class and is beginning to look at colleges.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I want letters of recommendation for college,&#8221; he said. <span id=\"more-20723\"><\/span> &#8220;How can I get a letter of recommendation from people I don&#8217;t know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nPhillips student body president Aaron Walker said his teachers allow students to become somebody and have sharply improved their grades and ability to learn.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Today, the Board of Education is telling the world that our teachers are inadequate,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;We say that our teachers are brilliant and talented by measure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nWalker said many of Phillips&#8217; teachers stay late and dedicate themselves to helping students learn.  He said if the school is re-staffed, a process known as &#8220;turnaround&#8221; at the Board, that extra assistance cannot be assured.<\/p>\n<p>\nCEO Ron Huberman dropped the Gillespie, Mollison, Guggenheim and Paderewski Schools from the list last week.  The board of Education meets Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a  href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5616197\" title=\"Schools threatend by closure rally\" rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NreO1xRZUXYx5Re5ak_YgD45ld0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NreO1xRZUXYx5Re5ak_YgD45ld0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NreO1xRZUXYx5Re5ak_YgD45ld0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NreO1xRZUXYx5Re5ak_YgD45ld0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=jEnADnOtL2E:OxxLgHNVkWc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=jEnADnOtL2E:OxxLgHNVkWc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=jEnADnOtL2E:OxxLgHNVkWc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=jEnADnOtL2E:OxxLgHNVkWc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/jEnADnOtL2E\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO\u00a0(WBBM)\u00a0 &#8212; Students and parents from several of the 10 schools threatened with closure by the Chicago Public Schools rallied at Rainbow\/PUSH headquarters on the South Side. Deneen School is scheduled to be re-staffed because of underperformance. 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