Field Trip: The Rev. Meeks takes city students to New Trier to protest school funding
- Publication
- Wilmette Life, 4 Sep 2008, p. 5, 14
Description
- Full Text
Rev. Meeks brought more than 1,500 students from Chicago to the Winnetka during the first of the three-day Chicago Public Schools boycott. 150 students applied for enrollment at New Trier and 1,100 applied to Sunset Ridge Elementary School. Meeks media event was to protest school funding inequalities in Illinois. Meeks is also a Democratic senator representing the 13th District. Those registered for school were asked to provide proof of residency in New Trier Township, one of the requirements of acceptance.
- Creator
- Eric Johnson and Chris Peterson
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Item Types
- Articles
- Clippings
- Photographs
- Notes
Photograph Ada Sochanska of New Trier with Chicago students p.14- Date of Publication
- 4 Sep 2008
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- New Trier Township High School ; Avoca School District 37
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.296961
- Language of Item
- English
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