Chicago Schools Ordered to Allow Transfers

joshua — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:40:38 +0000

This is an update from Friday’s story. Following an emergency hearing today, a judge in Chicago has ordered the city’s school system to allow immediate transfers for any student that wants to leave Fenger High School. Students and parents brought the case after an honor student was beaten to death while walking home from Fenger in September. The incident was captured on a cell phone camera.

The president of the Chicago School Board, Michael Scott, was found dead this morning after what authorities believe was a suicide. Scott’s death does not appear to be related to the situation at Fenger High School.

Students and Parents Sue the Chicago School District

joshua — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:07:04 +0000

On September 24th of this year, a student at Fenger High School in Chicago was beaten to death while walking home from school. The incident was caught on film. Since then, parents who have tried to transfer their children to other schools out of concern for their safety have been stonewalled by a system that makes transferring schools difficult, at best. Some parents have kept their children home from school in the mean time. Now a group of students and parents is suing the school district, claiming that their right to a public education (a property right) is being effectively denied without due process of law, in violation of the 14th amendment. The parents are seeking an immediate court order forcing the school district to permit mid year transfers out of Fenger High School. The court will take up the case on Monday in an emergency hearing.

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Chicago Schools Ordered to Allow Transfers

Students and Parents Sue the Chicago School District