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Emanuel Administration Policy in Chicago Public Schools Leads to Systematic Discrimination Against Poor Students of Color with Special Needs Chicago Principals and Administrators Association Executive Report

https://www.mycpaa.com/

The Appeals Process Since our report is fairly comprehensive, over the next few weeks, at regular intervals, we will release subsections of the report via short articles and infographics. This way of releasing the information will make clear the degree to which CPS has victimized its students; particularly students of color from poor neighborhoods. We will send you links to these articles and infographic as we release them and we hope you will share them widely within your constituencies and networks.

Lastly, we will convene a meeting of several grassroots community organizations to plan some creative and effective ways to address both the immediate issue of discrimination in special education, and the underlying causes of inadequate education funding and unaccountable school district governance. I hope you will be able to join us.

Respectfully,

85% of Express Need Ignored and Unmet

Racial Discrimination in Percentage of Requested Amount Granted

The Extremes of the 10 Most and Least “White” Ten schools with the highest percentages of white students Criteria Applied

OUTCOME

% White

?

Amount Awarded

Mount Greenwood

83.6

→

$248,000

Cassell

70.7

→

$300,000

Edison Park

69.5

→

$140,000

Oriole Park

66.6

→

Pending

Hamilton

64.4

→

$35,000

Blaine

63.7

→

$0

Alcott ES

62.5

→

$140,000

Bell

60.0

→

$50,000

Hawthorne

51.7

→

$0

Waters

50.3

→

$120,000

APPEAL SUBMITTED BY ...

School Name

Amount Awarded to 10 Majority White Schools

$1,033,000

The Extremes of the 10 Most and Least “White” Ten schools with the lowest percentages of white students Criteria Applied

OUTCOME

% White

?

Amount Awarded

Lawndale Academy

0

→

$0

Robeson HS

0

→

$0

→

$0

APPEAL SUBMITTED BY ...

School Name

Collins HS Kellman

0

→

$0

Cook

0

→

$0

Carver G

0

→

$0

→

$0

→

$0

→

$0

→

$0

Fiske Ryder

0

Douglass HS 0

Amount for 10 Schools with Fewest White Students

$0

Note 1: All of the above schools are majority black.

Note 2: Forty-one of the schools that filed appeals have 0% white students. The 10 included here are those among the 41 that have the highest poverty rates (97.6 to 99.7). Only 5 of the 31 schools with lower poverty rates than these 10 received funding.

The Extremes of CPS Racial Discrimination

Racial Discrimination in School Awarded >$100,000

What does “Resolved by Network” mean?

“I am happy you were able to finally get a decision on our staffing appeal in writing. Nothing has ever been communicated to our school documenting the appeal results … an ODLSS manager was sent out to audit our staffing allocations. This is the third time in the process our current staffing allocation was reviewed. The district manager put no response in writing to the school… . We have gone an entire year understaffed despite completing a never-ending staffing appeal. This understaffing has negatively impacted student performance, teacher morale, and safety.”

“This understaffing has negatively impacted student performance, teacher morale, and safety.”

“The chief denied my request [for Special Education Funds] and that was the end of it. The district administrator has blocked or stalled every staffing request. I'm interviewing. I can't do this anymore… . My building is going up in flames, by design. It's just sad. Our kids are trash to them.”

“Our kids are trash to them.”

Conclusion: “Resolved by Network” means Denied without a hearing.