Jesse Jackson rode a school bus to Fenger with students from Altgeld, promising to seek a meeting with Mayor Richard M. Daley, who has rejected the idea of reassigning students. "The day that the city of Chicago decides to divide schools by gang territory, that’s the day we’ve given up the city" Daley said. The article below was written by a 17-year-old girl who lives in Altgeld Gardens and attends Fenger.
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