Why would anyone think that "letting god sort out. . ." was a representation of facts. God isn't a fact. The statement was meant to be satirical, a play on "shoot 'em all and let god sort it out later."
The fact that some of my readers voted for rahm and still support him is irrelevant to the fact that a lot of teachers are going to be fired and the low income kids in those schools will still be poor, still have low test scores, high drop out rates, and will continue to suffer from malnourishment, lead poisoning, pollution, gangs, and a plethora of other problems that lead to low academic achievement. The laid off teachers, many of whom are no doubt good at their jobs, will join the ranks of the unemployed or choose to take a non-union job with fewer job protections and possibly lower pay at one of the private charter schools.
CPS may indeed be a mess and these schools that are set for closing may in fact be terrible places to learn. I have worked at low performing schools for most of my career, replete with low test scores, high drop out rates, teen pregnancy, gangs, drugs, violence, suicides, illiteracy, the works. My first job was at a school in which the entire staff had been fired. It was an incredibly tough place to work. But I loved my students and my colleagues, worked my ass off, and did my best to make a difference in the lives of my students.
To call such schools "hell holes" or to suggest that they be "cleaned out with a fire hose," is about as insulting to the students and teachers as saying they're all shit.
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