WEEKEND QUOTABLES

"CPS and Mayor Emanuel want to do to our schools what Mayor Daley did to the parking meters." -- Windy Pearson (Action Now) at Friday's City Hall sit-in [Video]

Barbara Byrd-Bennett

“We need to acknowledge that the community simply does not believe what we say we’re going to do.” -- Sun-Times 

Pauline Lipman (UIC Prof.)

 "If school closings were such good policy, why aren't they closing schools in white communities?" - At Friday's City Hall sit-in. 

Aquila Griffin

Dyett High School student, Aquila Griffin 

“My message to our mayor and Barbara Byrd-Bennett is we are not collateral damage. CPS has to answer for ignoring the voice of the people most impacted.” -- At Friday's City Hall sit-in

Ben Joravsky

And it's true, most of my friends tend to fall on the Democratic side of the Democratic Party, as opposed to the Republican one the mayor represents. -- "More Rahmnesia: Chicagoans trying to forget they elected Mayor Rahm"

Mitt Romney

"If I'm president of the United States, instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the union behind..." -- Huffington: Mitt Romney "Makes Education Pitch In Final Days Before Election"