“‘There is a lot of anger,’ said Vicki Turbov, an English teacher at North-Grand High School in Humboldt Park who has two children attending district high schools. ‘This is about big stakes, the future of education in our country. This is not about a 2 percent increase.’
Attendance was light at the 144 schools opened by the district as part of a strike contingency plan, and some parents expressed uneasiness about crossing picket lines.
‘I understand both sides; they have their right to strike,’ Marcia Garcia said as she dropped her daughter off at a school in Little Village. ‘But it’s a shame my daughter can’t learn.’ (Chicago Tribune)
It’s a shame that parents have no recourse but to wait until the politicians and unions decide for them.
FEE Timely Classic
“Teachers Unions: Are the Schools Run for Them?” by James Bovard