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Going on in years without reading and not knowing math and dropping out. >> what do you say to parents and the teachers union who say no one was listening to them. >> 56% of african-american males are dropping out. i will not accept that when i it think i can do something about giving children a better future. and that's the responsibility of not just being a mayor but being an adult. >> it's d-day and the board meets to vote. but not before people gather outside to voice their objections. loudly. >> we are the people! we are united! >> i personally feel you're on the wrong side of history. an...

Her daughter aryan a is one of them. two years ago, aryana and her cousin were shot while jumping rope. aryana survived a gunshot wound to the head but still suffers physical and psychological trauma. her cousin didn't make it. >> you got kids that come up and tell us that's why your cousin dead, just cruel. the school that they're trying to sell to us, that's where they from. i can't send her up there. >> if aryana's school is closed, she could come face-to-face with the family who shot her and murdered her cousin. >> i got to walk past all this, and then go home and study? how many hours am ...

>> people say asean has what it takes to be mayor of chicago some day. his school, marcus garvey, is on the closure list, but the 9-year-old believes there's a chance to keep it open if he can make enough noise. >> i respect the man. i'm not saying he's racist. i'm saying trying to close the schools, that's racist. because the majority of the schools are in black neighborhoods. >> asean hits the pavement with his mom, a public school clerk and a member of the mighty chicago teachers union. >> gotcha. okay. >> joey mcdermott is a teachers union field rep, organizing against the mayor's plan to ...