Emanuel Blames Public High School Shortage For Chicago's 200,000 Population Decline in the 2010 Census

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Chicago needs more public high schools in general — and more single-gender high schools in particular — to bolster student performance and stem an exodus of middle class families, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said Friday.

During a town-hall meeting with Chicago high-school students, Emanuel blamed a “severe shortage” of high schools, in part, for an alarming, 200,000-person decline in the city’s population in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Emanuel means a severe shortage of good public high schools.