Well Annie, while you are welcomed to your opinion, I feel the
need to express mine. Let me first state that I am a certified
CPS teacher as well as a member of Salem Baptist Church where
Meeks is pastor.
The plain truth is that Meeks is right. Why should we rush to
send our children to a district that is failing. If you are
indeed a cps teacher, you certainly are aware of the lie we
publish each year concern test score increases while we
consistently lower the pass rate. How dare we celebrate our
children pasing with 26%
Another plain truth. Our schools in Chicago with very few
exceptions, are seperate and unequal. You may assign any number
of reasons for this, but the truth is evident.
Finally, While Pastor Meeks admitted that money is certainly
not the only issue and stated that parents, teachers, and the
community at large must be accountable, he did make the point
that money (equitable funding) shouldn't be one of the problems
in the equation.
So while I respect your position, it does remind me of the
naysayers that voiced similar sentiments when Dr. King was
marching and protesting what many called "silly battles."
Pastor Meeks is definitely a great role model. Ask the citizens
in Roseland who don't have liquor stores on every corner
anymore. Ask the people in zip code 60628 who are provided with
food, clothing, household neccessities, immunizations and other
things each week during the summer Vision projects. Ask the
folks at Willow Creek Church in Barrigton who have partnered
with us to deal with racial reconciliation. Ask the cps
children on the far south side who receive mentoring and
academic tutoring from Salem. Ask the 25,000 of us at Salem
Baptist who call Rev. Meeks pastor. And finally, ask yourself
what significantly are you doing to address the problem.
On 7/29/08, Annie wrote:
> I made a typo in the following sentence:
> "Senator Meeks call for kids to skip the
> first day is not what is best for school." I meant to say
> that is not what is best for KIDS.
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> On 7/29/08, Annie wrote:
>> I read this morning that Illinois Senator James Meeks is
>> organizing a protest that calls for children to skip the
>> first day of school. This is very sad and unfortunate for
>> those kids. When thinking about issues that involve kids
>> and as leaders in our nation, we should always ask "what is
>> best for kids?" Senator Meeks call for kids to skip the
>> first day is not what is best for school. If he disagrees
>> with the inequality in school funding (which is the reason
>> he is protesting it), he needs to call on the adults of
>> Illinois to take action, not the youth. Unfortunately,
>> Senator Meeks is not a good role model for the black
>> community and find it unfortunate that he will go down in
>> our history as being a Senator.

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