unfairness of the funding differences betw
een New Trier and CPS Schools were coming peacefully and did not want to distract the New Trier Students. New Trier, while obligated by law to turn all students that do not live in the District away, put up signs and posters welcoming the protesters. New Triers administrators spent time with every student applicant to acknowledge the protest and the stand that each indisual student was taking. While none of the craze hit the Winnetka Campus which holds 3/4ths of the schools population, they were still prepared for guests. In the week of school prior to the Reverends arrival the Winnetka Campus (which consists of Senors, Juniors, and Sophomores) handed out fliers and held discussions about what the Reverend would be doing and how it would effect them. As the date neared the press soon got to the point where the story of the alleged visit became the top story for many different news broadcasts. August 29th the Friday before Reverend Meeks scheduled arrival, the students of New Trier High School were all ready for the CPS students to arrive. Though they were only coming for a day at most, every student whether they agreed with Meeks or not were looking forward to what Tuesday would have in store. To the disappointment of many students, the school district issued a statement
saying that the Reverend Meeks protesters and press would stay at the Northfield Campus.As September 2nd hit the students of New Trier High Schools Winnetka Campus arrived to a normal school day with no disturbances. When school let out if they turned on the television all they would see on all the local news channels would be talk about the protest and live Broadcasts. Though the protest was only a day ago, publicity seems to have skimmed over it already. Asking the reader Was it worth it? Has it done anything to help Reverend Meeks's cause or has it hurt him in the long run for taking students out of school for there first day? Could there have been a better way of going about the issue without taking them out of there first day of school?
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I have to say that you have a great blog. About the Reverend, I think he's right that the kids in the CPS deserve better. There's just two things about the CPS that some people over look. The first is that Gov. Blagojevich won't ever pass the bill due to the fact that he's stealing money and will end up where all the Illinois governors go after their term in office- jail. The second thing is that not all the schools in Chicago are bad. Mayor Daley has done a terrific job on improving the Chicago high school system. Lane Tech, for instance, has produced more people who go on to receive Ph.D's than any other school in the nation.
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