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Education Wed Oct 20 2010
Agreement Reached in Whittier School
The Chicago Public Schools and protesting parents who've taken over the Whittier Dual Elementary School Fieldhouse have reached an agreement to end the sit-in, Anne Elizabeth Moore reports -- but only once the parents get the agreement in writing.
CPS agreed to repolish, not demolish, as parents had been asking for 36 days straight--and for seven years before that, too. Once renovations are completed, the building will be leased back to the Whittier Parents Community Council, the recently christened organizational name of the group, for $1 per year.An official school library was also part of the agreement, although it will be housed inside the school, and not in the field house. The field house will continue to be used as a community center.
Moore tweeted confirmation of the agreement this afternoon:
CONFIRMED: The moms will end the #Whittier sit-in when they get those CPS *promises* IN WRITING.
Anne Elizabeth Moore
superanne
We'll see how long it takes for CPS to get the agreement put in writing.
