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Video: Community reacts angrily about possibility of school closings in Chicago

In the first of 14 community meetings in Chicago over the next two weeks, about 500 parents and students gathered at a church in the North Lawndale neighborhood to express their anger about possible school closings. The school system had just announced that it had narrowed the list of schools that might be closed to 129.

Video from WGN-TV:

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Mike Kennedy has written for AS&U since 1999. Before joining the magazine, he reported on education and other issues for The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Times and The Chicago Tribune.
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