For the last time during the 2009 public hearings on Chicago Public School closings, a story repeats itself. They myth of under-utilization, whereas if every room is not filled to 1920's capacity of students, it is considered "under-utilized." Likened to the capitalist slave ships of yore, the business perspective of Chicago's public school leadership deems it not productive enough.

Yet, again, the committed, hardworking staff and parents of another Chicago Public School counter the official numbers and testify to their success. They show that because they are able to give students in classes of 20-22 students the attention they deserve, they can succeed and have a positve school experience.

In the meantime, the CPS board continues to open new privatized charter schools, with oft admitted selective enrollment and a big selling point of "small class sizes."

For the parents and students of South Chicago the pending closure of their school is no little matter. This is their home and community in the midst of a dangerous neighborhood rife with gang violence. Their parents have struggled for their children, and it's being taken away. But I don't think they'll go quietly into the night.