“They [CPS officials] should look at the quality of the school day, not the quantity. ... If the system is working for Northside, why do they want to mess up what works?” -- Northside College Prep parent
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At Chicago's top-scoring high school, parents are up in arms over the mayor's autocratic mandate.
The Sun-Times reports that more than 2,000 parents and supporters of Northside College Prep have signed an online petition asking that the state’s highest-scoring public high school be exempted from a longer school day this fall. They say the change would undermine the school’s trademark shortened “colloquium’’ day of boutique electives — in the past everything from Baseball Statistics to life-guarding — for kids.
Changing the current nearly 3 1/2-hour colloquium day to a 7 1/2 hour one — as required by new CPS guidelines — would cut into critical free time students now use for homework, extra-curriculars and just plain decompressing, petition supporters say. Northside students “get a lot of homework. That’s the day to catch up,’’ said Northside Parent Network member Raj Patel.
MK - The beat goes on as unknowing leaders undermine the joy of learning, the professionalism of teachers and principals, and the rights of parents. My best. ~Bart
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