It’s time again for Cheat Sheet, your quick and dirty guide to the often contentious and always interesting Chicago Board of Education meetings. The proceedings at the December meeting at the Chicago Board of Education had a bit more heat than holiday cheer. Lots of big topics came up, from race and student rights, to Fenger High School and fights. There was anger and some spats, and lots of serious discussion. But first to the fisticuffs. WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton has the blow by blow.

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Chicago Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting, December 16, 2009