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Just as the president of a major university was forced to resign for clout admissions, Mayor Daley defended a rule for some elite Chicago Public Schools that allow principals to handpick five percent of the students admitted, practices that have resulted in at least two aldermen getting their children admitted after calls to the principal. Reacting to accusations of unfairness, Mayor Daley said:
“You have to have confidence in principals. Say a child gets a C-plus. You know that child can achieve. He or she could be a slow reader. Or they’re not a good tester. This idea [that] you’re gonna test everybody — you’re gonna have very few peple in the 99.9 percentile,” Daley said...“There’s no political intrusion,” Daley said. “You have someone calling. Yes, there’s been an alderman call on behalf of their child. But, the principal is gonna say, ‘This is not right for your child. I can get this child in. But, they’re never gonna compete. They’re never gonna move ahead. So what is the best interest of the child?’”
Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) and Anthony Beale (9th) were the two aldermen who had children admitted via the phone calls to the principal, Whitney Young H.S.'s Joyce Kenner, but both deny using any sort of pressure to get their children admitted.
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Daley is an idiot a fundamental level. Oh lord make it stop.
And me...
ON a, rather.
Of COURSE there was no pressure! How could there be? Why would a High School principal, who's carreer hangs on the whims of politicians "serving" the most corrupt city government in the country, fell any presure from phonecalls from aldermen? How Absurd!
Seriously, though... Is anyone else just flat out insulted by how stupid Daley and his machine cornies believe the people of Chicago are? What kind of biblical-proportion shitstorm will it take to get this joker out of office?
Ooops.. That would be *feel* any pressure... My bad. I was on my soapbox...
I think it's kind of hilarious that both people commenting about what an idiot Daley is had to go back and correct dumb mistakes in their posts.
Mind you, I generally agree with their sentiments. I just think it's funny. (And you can be sure I'm triple checking this before I hit send.)
This C+ student didn't get in way back when ;)
The Mayor is totally wrong about c+ students making it Whitney Young. As a parent whose child did attend WY, let me tell you a C+ student will be in for 4 years of humiliation and struggle in the competitive environment of an accelerated colllege prep classes.
Kids transfer out every year because they can't keep up. The peer pressure to be the best is very hard on kids who may be sensitive and not as driven. Students need to be at least 2 years ahead of grade average to get through it. Parents who "clout" their kids in will find it a huge mistake if the child is not already beyond driven and a completely committed student.