By Steve Rhodes
“CPS frequently says it wants more input from parents and communities about how it educates nearly 400,000 children,” Lauren FitzPatrick writes for the Sun-Times.
“The district touts its many ways for the public to weigh in, and said it has made recent improvements while remaining open to more.
“But when newly appointed board president Frank Clark told one speaker [last week], ‘This is a board that truly listens,’ laughter broke out.”
Aside from the fact that Clark and the new board just installed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel haven’t been on the job long enough to make such a claim, it became patently clear last week that such a claim is patently absurd.
In fact, hard as it is to believe, the new board is even worse than the last one, having further limited public participation by changing the rules without notice. Chicago Public Schools has, in effect, become a private operation.
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“Clark did not respond to e-mails seeking comment.”
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From last week’s board meeting and a charter school hearing:
People angry they signed up to speak at #CPSboard and aren’t being allowed to. @LisaMadigan Board secretary is designating 1 speaker/cause
— Lauren FitzPatrick (@bylaurenfitz) September 29, 2015
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Mentions that BOE changed rules today to limit speakers. Unelected Boe only accountable to one person.
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) September 29, 2015
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#Cpsboard now no longer allows people who sign up to speak if THEY think the topic is similar to someone else’s.
— Martin Ritter (@MartinLRitter) September 29, 2015
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Who at @ChiPubSchools decided to have this hearing at this bldg? Chief stifler of democracy may be new position at cps.
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) October 1, 2015
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Could have had this at Malcolm x where hundreds of people could have attended.
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) October 1, 2015
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Cps only allowing 100 people into hearing. Noble folks were lined up 2.5 hrs before hearing. No one from dist scls getting in
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) September 30, 2015
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CPS rigged system tonight. Let all noble folks line up by 5:00 to take speaking spots. Cps makes arbitrary rules all the time.
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) October 1, 2015
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Anita Caballero of @BpncChicago decries Noble stacking hearing, says opponents only got 10 spots to speak, calls it “totally unfair.”
— Ted Cox (@tedcoxchicago) October 1, 2015
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Exclusion of community from cps hearing
— Martin Ritter (@MartinLRitter) September 30, 2015
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It actually requires the police to exclude Kelly and BPNC from a hearing about there future
— Martin Ritter (@MartinLRitter) September 30, 2015
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CPS: Chicago Private Schools.
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Myth Vs. Fact: Violence And Mental Health
“People with serious mental illness are three to four times more likely to be violent than those who aren’t. But the vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent and never will be.”
Is The Gun Lobby’s Power Overstated?
Yes.
Also:
#Chicago‘s gun laws actually work. It’s the gun laws in the suburbs and Indiana that are the problem.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 4, 2015
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The Cub Factor: What If?
That loudmouth White Sox fan you work with . . . would still be a loudmouth White Sox fan. Let’s be real.
Kiddie Kubs Get Playoff Audition
On The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #71.
Invited to cute play-in game. Plus: Inside Coach Coffman’s Castle; The Immorality Of Daily Fantasy And Their Native Radio Announcer Advertising Tools; Jerry Reinsdorf’s Pet Cemetery; The Ridiculous Resurrection Of Jay Cutler; The Bulls Are Back Dragging D-Rose’s Baggage Around; and the Positive Coaching Alliance.
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I Am A Retail Warrior: The 41-Cent Saga
One big dysfunctional family.
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SportsMonday: Forte Not Jay
Everyone’s talking about the wrong guy: With a quarter of the season now behind us, Forte is second in the league in rushing – just five yards behind Adrian Peterson.
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The America Flatboat Wreck
A plea that the boat be removed from the riverbank and preserved before the Ohio washes it away.
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The White Sox Report: The Season In Verse
Could’ve hardly been worse.
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Oh Land, Nero, Like a Storm, Ghost, Morgue Supplier, Blood of the Wolf, Gene Ween, Become The Enemy, Otherwise, Purson, Flux Pavilion, Toronzo Cannon, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and Korn.
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BeachBook
Posted by The Beachwood Reporter on Saturday, October 3, 2015
Yay! Welcome to Chicago! Take our tax money! So proud to have you!
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Posted by The Beachwood Reporter on Saturday, October 3, 2015
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Chicago Police Investigator Says Cops Abused Him.
Posted by The Beachwood Reporter on Saturday, October 3, 2015
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The buying binge includes the purchase last year of two full floors of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Chicago, the city…
Posted by The Beachwood Reporter on Sunday, October 4, 2015
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TweetWood
Please read this…. https://t.co/pRfxsRd8iD
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 4, 2015
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Ah ha ha ha ha! Those boys, smh. https://t.co/xXNoO1kKp7
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 4, 2015
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Amid all the NFL’s pink shirts on the field, Patrick Kane throwing passes, kicking field goals, laughing with pals and treated as hero.
— Barry Rozner (@BarryRozner) October 4, 2015
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Do some more promotion of a guy involved in a criminal investigation for alleged sexual assault, Bears. Do it. Very good. Much sports.
— mcrib conasewer (@TimBaffoe) October 4, 2015
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#Bears honorary captain today is Bill Cosby.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 4, 2015
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Rousing applause for Patrick Kane pic.twitter.com/sNLEwqY3sY
— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley) October 4, 2015
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Block that kick.
Posted on October 5, 2015