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    Community groups and teachers spoke out against budget cuts proposed by Chicago Public Schools that would increase class sizes and eliminate teachers. A National Board Certified teacher described being laid off despite her strong record of success in the classroom. The Chicago Teachers Union President called for rehiring teachers fired without cause and redirecting $204 million in savings to underfunded schools. A representative from Raise Your Hand criticized the city for diverting tax dollars to tax increment financing districts instead of funding education. A parent representative questioned CPS's accountability and priority of cutting from administrative costs before teachers and programs.

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    Community groups and teachers spoke out against budget cuts proposed by Chicago Public Schools that would increase class sizes and eliminate teachers. A National Board Certified teacher described being laid off despite her strong record of success in the classroom. The Chicago Teachers Union President called for rehiring teachers fired without cause and redirecting $204 million in savings to underfunded schools. A representative from Raise Your Hand criticized the city for diverting tax dollars to tax increment financing districts instead of funding education. A parent representative questioned CPS's accountability and priority of cutting from administrative costs before teachers and programs.

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    EMBARGOED Until 6:30 p.m.

    Tuesday, August 17, 2010


    Contact:
    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis
    (773/606-4876, Liz Brown Media Relations)
    Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization Education Organizer
    Jitu Brown (773/317-6343)
    Raise Your Hand Coalition Steering Committee Member
    Jonathan Goldman (312/388-7358)
    CPS teacher
    Sunny Neater-Dubow (773/671-3805)

    Community Groups and Students Speak Out on CPS Budget Priorities


    Synopsis of Planned Statements:

    CPS teacher Sunny Neater-Dubow: “CPS’s message to parents and the public has been that the
    teachers they fired are unsatisfactory. I am a profile of many of those teachers. As a National Board
    Certified Art teacher, I sit on the Museum of Contemporary Art Teacher Advisory Committee. I have won
    numerous grants and my students have won full-ride scholarships to some of the best art schools in the
    country. I am the teacher who is being laid off. Parents should have an honest picture of what is really
    going on. Through these firings, CPS is replacing high-quality teachers with less experienced, cheaper
    teachers. That is the reality.”

    Karen Lewis, President Chicago Teachers Union: “The damage is done, it is real and it is students
    who ultimately pay. … CPS must keep its word – no increase in class sizes and rehire everyone CPS
    fired without due process, without cause, so all students have high quality teachers on day one. The
    CTU also asks CPS to redirect $204 million to the students and schools who have been historically
    neglected. Those savings are a $59 million increase for the already bloated area unit offices, $125
    million for a new Jones College Prep, and $20 million of the $60 million spent on testing.”

    Jonathan Goldman, Raise Your Hand: "TIFs continue to divert tax dollars away from CPS and pile up
    huge cash balances, while the CPS budget proposal makes real cuts at the school level and eliminates
    CPS' reserves. The City of Chicago needs to refund the $700 million TIF surplus so that CPS' tax dollars
    can be spent on education rather than gathering dust in the Mayor's piggybank."

    Mrs. Jeanette Smith, LSC parent representative for Mollison Elementary School and KOCO
    Education Leader. “KOCO questions CPS’s accountability to the public for public dollars. CPS should
    chop from the top and use all available resources before they even think about cutting teachers or
    student programs. Chicago has the funding, but the priority is not there; the political will is not there.”

    # # #

    The Chicago Teachers Union represents 30,000 teachers and educational support personnel working in the
    Chicago Public Schools and, by extension, the students and families they serve. CTU, an affiliate of the American
    Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers, is the third largest union in the country and the
    largest local union in Illinois.
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