Analysis Of As CPS Schools Empty: Mayor Emanuel

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In Chris Sweda’s article,”As CPS schools empty: Mayor Emanuel, don’t let this crisis go to waste”, he informs the audience how CPS schools are actually still in debt. Sweda validates how elementary schools are closing left and right in the chicago areas and that's including the school system being still in debt with teachers pensions. Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't want to mislead teachers, union leaders, and parents on the perception of how he believes educations is the most important key factor of keeping CPS schools running. Mayor Emanuel believes in downsizing classrooms to decrease the money of these half vacant CPS and move the students to better safer schools. It does not make sense in the eye of the Mayor to keep these low populated …show more content…

How can a CPS student learn when their city of chicago is at an all time high of crime activity. Students walk home everyday, to and from schools in these neighborhoods that we watch take countless young educators from chicago's gun violence. Mayor Rahm Emanuel can move these schools into safer environments where these students are being monitored and are able to concentrate on the life goals these young educators strive to work for. Mayor Rahm states in the article, “Have I ever rested on anything?”. The Mayor directed this quote to trust him. He knows these young lives are important to all of us because they are our future and Mayor Emanuel will not let these students lose their education because of a city they live in. This will allow the Mayor to eliminate more vacant schools in CPS but, allows Mayor Rahm Emanuel to potentially rejuvenate the CPS that these students transfer …show more content…

Mayor Emanuel plans on closing these schools to save the budget of CPS and to save the graduation rates. The Mayor is pushing CPS Grads to create some sort of ‘plan’ to give CPS students to better educate themselves on which degree they are heading for. Mayor Rahm Emanuel stated,”"If you change expectations, it's not hard for kids to adapt". Mayor Emanuel believes planting a seed in these young educators heads of long term goals, and having Graduates with degrees assisting them in new CPS programs, is the right way of making these students trust the new process of rebuilding these Chicago Public Schools and the CPS graduation rate. Although, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is dealing with financial issues for CPS, the Mayor is looking towards ‘CPS Grads’ to be apart of these programs because it may not be costly at all in exchange for community hours. The crisis the Mayor is really attacking is he wants these CPS students to receive the best education they can get no matter what community these students are

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