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Chicago Gay H.S. Not Happening Proponents take proposal off the table -- for this year

Updated 7:12 PM CDT, Wed, Nov 19, 2008

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There won't be a high school for gay teens opening in Chicago next year, afterall.

 

The original plan had been battered a bit and, some advocates said, watered down, so proponents of a gay high school in Chicago have taken the idea off the table.

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Tough criticism from Mayor Daley and outspoken ministers had brought a split among the planners. 

The Chicago Board of Education was set to vote on the proposal at a meeting on Wednesday.  The authors of the plan, however, have asked that the item be removed from the agenda, adding that they would like to rework the plan and try again next year.

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  • Bill S. Wednesday, Nov 19 at 1:49 PM FLAG COMMENT A school for homosexuals, that's just great. While they're at how about a school for obese students, short students, and maybe one for those who are not quite so beautiful. Forget about all this nonsense and just put that money into quality education at the schools that already exist.
  • nikki Wednesday, Nov 19 at 11:33 AM FLAG COMMENT I agree with the above statement. I am gay but i dont think there should be a gay school. However they do need to work better at protecting gay students. There not very good at it so far. Fix the other schools.
  • Stupid Idea Wednesday, Nov 19 at 9:02 AM FLAG COMMENT I dont have anything against gay people but I think a High School jsut for gay kids is not right, there are so many bad, old, run down schools in the city, why can't those kids get new schools, If you want to be gay, ok, but they should not get a special school, I also think the schools have th obligation to protect gay students from stupids stuudents who might want to harrass them

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