Hundreds of people including parents, students and teachers have taken to the streets in Chicago, US, to protest against local education authority’s plan to close public schools.
The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), started on Saturday and is set to last until Monday evening.
This comes after the Chicago Central District released a list of 54 elementary and middle schools to be closed before the next school year. The Chicago Board of Education is planning to vote on the closures in the coming days.
City officials say the closures are needed in order to deal with a one-billion-dollar annual deficit.
In March, thousands of activists, union leaders, teachers, parents, and students participated in a similar protest in the city.
The closures involve the highest number of schools to be closed down in a single year in any city in the United States.
The plan will shift about 50,000 students to different schools, while threatening the careers of more than 1,000 teachers.
Over the past decade, at least 70 cities in the US have closed down public schools.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV