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Better libraries for the lab school. as they know, they are important things for a child's education. two years ago, almost to the day, a group of mexican american mothers in the pillson neighborhood started a sit-in that lasted 47 days because they were trying to get a library for their kids grade school. they were threatened with the rest during a sit-in. the head of chicago public schools threatened to turn, in fact, did turn the heat off in the building they occupied as temperatures got cold in october. there's still no library at that school. i spent a lot of time with those moms during t...

Have, what they say here is they see and deal with serious problems in schools that apparently rahm emanuel and people trying to force the changes do not see and aren't interested in addressing. they talk about class sizes, very -- 30 or 50 people in a class and no air-conditioning. there's an emphasis on charter schools. 60 new charter schools. rahm emanuel is big on that. 150 schools already in existence don't have libraries. six-week waits to get textbooks for class. he's saying let's extend the school day by a couple hours, and they're saying, tend the school day? we have no libraries and ...