Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
announced yesterday that the district’s new longer school day will be 7 hours, not 7.5, as he had previously demanded. Though not the 6.5 hours that many parents have been asking for, this is clearly a major victory for the newly-formed coalition, Chicago Parents for Quality Education (of which PAA’s Chicago affiliate, Parents United for Responsible Education – PURE- is a member). CPQE started a
petition driveagainst the 7.5 hour day and held a
press conference to express parents’ opposition to the Mayor’s proposal, which started as a campaign slogan last spring.
Kudos to all the organizers who pulled together an impressive, diverse collection of parent and community groups who have had their fill of the arrogant, unresponsive, irresponsible
