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(38,893 posts) Wed May 15, 2013, 01:11 PM May 2013

Chicago Teachers union plans to file federal suits to stop school closings

ChicagoTeachersUnion ‏@CTULocal1

Trib: Teachers union plans to file federal suits to stop school closings http://ow.ly/l3CfZ

http://www.ctunet.com/blog/trib-teachers-union-plans-to-file-federal-suits-to-stop-school-closings

A week before the Chicago Public Schools board is to vote on the closing of 53 elementary schools, the Chicago Teachers Union says it plans to file two federal lawsuits to stop the district.

The CTU sent out a statement this morning saying the civil rights lawsuits will be filed on behalf of parents.

The union's decision comes a week after retired federal judges opposed 13 of the school closings. CPS had hired the ex-judges to conduct state-mandated public hearings and to make recommendations.

The CPS Board of Education is to vote on the closings May 22.

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