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Afternoon Shift: Shutting it down
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Today on @WBEZ’s #afternoonshift (Starts at 2pm) I will join Rick Kogan to discuss #CPSclosings. Tune in. http://<a href=“http://t.co/NCSLEkLeaZ” class="">ow.ly/jkysg</a>Mary Mitchell
The Day Today: Intoday’s Sun-Times, columnist Mary Mitchell applauded ChicagoPublic Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett for making the unpopular decision toclose 54 elementary schools.
Afternoon Shift invites Mitchell and HydePark poet Mario Smith to talk about what the move means for families andteachers from shuttered campuses and ones absorbing new students. Plus, parent TamekaBrown gives her reaction to the closing of her child’s school, CanterMiddle School, while Arlinda Smith, parent at Ray Elementary on Kimbark Ave, talks about her school’s new role in absorbing Canter’s students.
To join the conversation call 312.923.9239, send us amessage on Facebook or tweet using #AfternoonShift.
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