Meeks continues school boycott in lobbies of corporate and government buildings Posted on September 4th
State Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago) called off his two-day boycott of Chicago Public Schools late Wednesday, saying he was heeding Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s admonition that he wouldn’t discuss Illinois school funding while students were kept out of classes.
“We’ve decided to call the boycott off, to call the governor’s bluff and to seek a meeting with him [Thursday] so that our kids can return to school,” Meeks said at a late evening news conference at King High School on the South Side, flanked by Chicago ministers.
The governor’s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
The reversal by Meeks, who also is pastor of Salem Baptist Church, comes after he orchestrated a teach-in Wednesday at Loop government and corporate buildings featuring far fewer than the nearly 1,000 students who accompanied him to New Trier High School’s Northfield campus to boycott the first day of school Tuesday.
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