Hold it! Let’s be clear. Technically, the mayor did not get rid of Payton’s librarian. Instead, in his latest round of school cuts, he sliced about $700,000 from Payton’s budget. Thus forcing Payton’s principal, Timothy Devine, to do the dirty work of getting rid of 19 teachers.
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But back to Payton. Let’s take a moment to appreciate the sheer awesomeness of Mayor Emanuel’s audacity. The dude cuts the librarian but keeps the library. Which he uses as a backdrop—I believe it was the science reference section—to brag about spending $17 million to expand Payton, when he doesn’t have enough operational money to properly fund the school he’s got.
Maybe he’s on to something. Perhaps books, libraries and librarians are as obsolete as my old flip phone.
Well, anyway, as long as I have your attention, Payton parents, allow me to tell you where the mayor’s spending the money that he might otherwise use for your school’s librarian.
