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Violence Inside Chicago High Schools Up Nearly 20%: Catalyst

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First Posted: 10-15-09 10:16 AM   |   Updated: 10-15-09 11:30 AM

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Catalyst Chicago:

In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated battery, drug-related offenses and fights with staff at an alarming clip.

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In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated battery, drug-related offenses and fights with sta...
In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated battery, drug-related offenses and fights with sta...
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It is getting more difficult for America's children to even conceive of viable long term plans in this Republican economy, let alone to commit to them and then carry them out.

Not being able to see much of a future forces people - including kids - to live in the now.

"Repercussions" is not an applicable word to that existence; it infers a future.

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