Update on La Casita, Whittier School and CPS Confrontation

Reporter Kelsey Duckett updates this ongoing story at Gapersblock.

“We have not left, and we will not leave,” she said. “The construction crews have said they will not cross our picket line, meaning construction will not begin until we move. We are not leaving until we are heard.”

According to a press release from the Whittier Parent Committee, State Senator Tony Munoz and State Representative Edward Acevedo agreed to be present at today’s negotiations — if CPS agrees to, and attends the meeting. The parents have also made several attempts to contact Ald. Danny Solis, but he has not replied.

This is familiar territory for the Whittier community, who occupied the fieldhouse for 43 days last fall when they first learned of CPS plans to demolish it.

As of 11am today, CPS officials claimed they had not “heard of” or responded to the request from the Whittier Parent Committee for a meeting at 3pm.

via Ultimatum Delivered, Meeting Requested in Whittier Fieldhouse Fight – Gapers Block Mechanics | Chicago.