Students from four Englewood high schools slated for closure took their protest to a new location today. The public high school students — all African-American — stood across the street from the private University of Chicago’s Laboratory School, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel sends his children.
Students From Englewood High Schools Slated To Close Take Protest To New Location
Students from four Englewood high schools slated for closure took their protest to a new location today. The public high school students — all African-American — stood across the street from the private University of Chicago’s Laboratory School, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel sends his children.
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