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TOWN HALL MEETING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

ON THE SENN REFERENDUM

LET’S HEAR ALL VOICES

LET’S DISCUSS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION’S UNDEMOCRATIC DECISION ON SENN H.S….HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND.

THE PROCESS STARTS HERE… Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1500 West Elmdale Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.

The moderator will be the former president of Truman College, Dr. Phoebe Helm

Sponsored by the Senn Referendum Follow-Up Group. 773.250.3225

The residents of the 48th ward voted to “…establish a formal process to receive community input regarding removal of the Rickover Military Academy at Senn High School”…

• In the fall of 2004 the Board of Education, with Ald. Mary Ann Smith’s approval, announced that a Naval Academy would be placed inside Senn High School.

• No democratic process was developed to hear the opinions of the Senn community on what type of programs they would or would not like to see in their community high school.

• Students, teachers, parents, and neighborhood residents immediately raised their voices in protest against being completely ignored in the decision-making process. In public meetings they demanded their say in the future of the community. But the Board went ahead –WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE– showing no respect for the rights of the Senn community.

• For the above referendum — more than 3,000 signatures were collected to get the question on the ballot for March, and 4500 or 70 % of voters agreed that the community should have a voice.

• When presented with this overwhelming support for a process, the president of the Board of Education said he “declined to participate” in the process.

• LET’S BEGIN THE PROCESS…..