Kids want cops in Chicago Public Schools

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

At least 150 students played hooky from Kennedy High School on Tuesday to demand extra security in their Southwest Side school, saying they'd even welcome cops in the classroom to stem rising violence.

Toting signs reading "Does Someone Have to Die?'' and "We're Scared of School,'' kids rallied across the street from Kennedy in the wake of a brutal beating last week that stunned the school.

Even Jesse Ruiz, State Board of Education chairman, called the assault "disturbing'' and asked the board staff to examine the state's spin on a federal law meant to help students who are crime victims.

Remember,this is the school district that Mayor Daley calls the "model of reform".No word yet on white familes moving back to Chicago and sending their children to Chicago Public Schools.Also,no word yet on Barack Obama,Rahm Emanuel,and Governor Blagojevich sending their kids to the Chicago Public Schools.