Wednesday, on behalf of the CTU and our members, another class action lawsuit was filed challenging the five turnarounds in 2013 and the ones from 2011 forward, including what is covered in a pending class action law suit.
“There are overlaps and we are going to move to join the two suits and to certify this class as well. We are seeking relief from 2011 forward and are looking back to the turnarounds from inception to prove they are discriminatory on the basis of race,” CTU attorney Robin Potter told me.
“Both cases are assigned to Judge Ellis.”
“We used new data and incorporated the allegations and data from our pending suit challenging the 2012 turnarounds, which show the ongoing pattern and practice of systemic race discrimination. Check out the allegations regarding Chalmers. Criminals they are. Also, we link up privatization – AUSL wanted these schools and so it went. They would not have done this in white neighborhoods.” said Potter
The percentage of African American teachers that were displaced is 59-81% or an average of 73% is much higher than the 25% rates of African Americans in the tenured teacher or teacher population across CPS.
AUSL Operated Schools
Turnarounds from 2006 to Present
A – Bethune Elementary School B – Bradwell Elementary School C – Casals Elementary School D – Curtis Elementary School E – Deneen Elementary School F – Dulles Elementary School G – Fuller Elementary School H – Harvard Elementary SchoolI – Herzl Elementary School J – Howe Elementary School K – Johnson Elementary School L – Marquette Elementary School M – Morton Elementary School N – Orr Elementary School O – Phillips Elementary School P – Piccolo Elementary School Q – Sherman Elementary School R – Stagg Elementary School
CPS OSI Operated Schools
1 – Rainey High School 2 – Fulton Elementary School 3 – Copernicus Elementary School 4 – Fenger High School 5 – Marshall High School 6 – Chicago Vocational Career Academy 7 – Tilden High School 8 – Smith Elementary School 9 – Woodson Elementary School
Fred Klonsky 
Fred,
Did anyone look beyond the raw numbers? Were teachers fired or moved?
If a teacher was replaced what was the makeup of the pool of teachers that a replacement came from?
This is an exercise that CTU will do if it supports their case.
The lack of this info makes one wonder.
Of course the teachers replaced all got high evaluations, right?
Gresham was AUSL’d in 2014. We were replaced by newbies which are mostly gone after one year. The staff was experienced, meaning expensive, and high minority. The kids are suffering.
I always wondered way Ausl would seen black teachers in school’s to clean them up and then release them in 3or4 years. The black teachers was always replaced with white teachers who are completely out of touch with Urban or African American culture. I worked with Ausl in 2010 at Phillips high school and noticed that they never took over schools poverty stricken white communities and I know their are many in the USA. Ausl only made Black educators suffer under their change.
Ausl is a mask of destroying African American educators. Ausl do not understand the stress they put on the young minds of African Americans. Ausl is showing without saying ,that black teachers don’t matter. Shallow black minds need to see positive image’s in their community.