Parents at Whittier Elementary in Chicago organized a 43-day sit-in last fall to save their school’s community center/ field house, which they would like to turn into a library. At the end of that sit-in, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) agreed to stop the planned demolition, divert TIF funds to renovating the field house, and provide the school with a library.

Now that CPS has a new CEO, they broke their promise: they have started plans to demolish the field house, and they have plans to create a library inside the school (something the parents oppose, since it will not be accessible to the community, and it risks displacing special education students). 

Please read the petition and consider signing it in solidarity with the parents who have fought so hard for their school and community.