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Protesters Demand CPS, Mayor Halt Cuts, Ask 'Rich to Pay Their Fair Share': DNAInfo/Paul Biasco, jul 28, 2015; “Our school budgets are getting chopped at the same time families are struggling to stay in their community," said Jennifer Velazquez, a Kelvyn Park High School graduate and local school council member. "The working class is being targeted.”
Future of Ames, Kelvyn Schools Focus of Logan Square Association Congress: Darryl Holliday - DNAInfo Chicago, may 21, 2014; If CPS chief executive officer Barbara Byrd Bennett "is committed to the students then she should be here,” Valasquez said. “We’re scared and skeptical — August is right around the corner and no one has a plan.”
Military Coup at Ames (Labor Beat Video): Larry Duncan - Labor Beat, dic 21, 2013; The raids against public neighborhood schools in Chicago continue...beyond the 50 closings announced last spring. On December 18, 2013 Chicago Public Schools voted to convert Ames Middle School into a Marine military high school.