“We estimate well over 99-percent of our students are going to be in school and so our focus is on that 99 point 95 percent who are in school today,” said Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools CEO.
ABC7 counted about 80 buses at Meek’s House of Hope church from which most of the students were supposed to be leaving. It appears only about 20 of those buses carried any people of 5-10 people each. The other buses were empty.
Winnetka and Northfield schools officials had prepared for as many as 2,000 to 3,000 Chicago school students to appear on Tuesday. It appears there were less than 100.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Meeks Chicago Public Schools Boycott Fizzles
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