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Backers of gay high school say plan shifted focus
By Carlos Sadovi (chicagotribune.com,20/11/2008)
The organizers of a proposed high school aimed at gay and lesbian students said Wednesday that they dropped the plan from a vote by the Chicago Board of Education after realizing a revamped version failed to mention sexual identity.Paula Gilovich, a member of the brain trust behind the Social Justice High School's Pride Campus, said members of the group decided to withdraw its application after the school's new mission statement shifted from being about gay students to a more generic "haven where students can feel safe and valued for who they are."
Backers of gay high school say plan shifted focus
By Carlos Sadovi (chicagotribune.com,20/11/2008)
The organizers of a proposed high school aimed at gay and lesbian students said Wednesday that they dropped the plan from a vote by the Chicago Board of Education after realizing a revamped version failed to mention sexual identity.Paula Gilovich, a member of the brain trust behind the Social Justice High School's Pride Campus, said members of the group decided to withdraw its application after the school's new mission statement shifted from being about gay students to a more generic "haven where students can feel safe and valued for who they are."
"There were various communities that put a great deal of pressure on the proposal and on the design team and on the city and on the Chicago Public Schools to change it," Gilovich said.Gay rights activists supporting the school's focus on gay and lesbian students blasted both the team pushing the plan and school officials for giving in to public and political pressure and scuttling the plan.
"I feel the political pressure that has been placed on the design team from the mayor's office on down to shelve it, to scuttle it, to remove it from consideration is an outrage and a disgrace," said Roger Fraser, a retired teacher and gay activist.
"I feel the political pressure that has been placed on the design team from the mayor's office on down to shelve it, to scuttle it, to remove it from consideration is an outrage and a disgrace," said Roger Fraser, a retired teacher and gay activist.
Since it was first introduced, the plan has garnered national attention. It was widely supported in several public hearings, but Mayor Richard Daley said the school, which had been designed for gay students but would accept all students, should not segregate.Gilovich vowed to return next year with a revamped proposal.
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