New Chicago Schools Chief Talks With WBEZ Callers

 The new CPS chief, Jean-Claude Brizard, took calls for an hour last night for the first monthly installment of WBEZ's program Schools on the Line. Students, parents and Chicagoans called in with their questions. Here are a couple of excerpts from his answers:


"Bottom line is that when you look at the school day in Chicago compared to New York, or Houston or Boston, we have the shortest school day, school year of the big systems in the country." 


"We have kept class size constant despite the massive shortfall in the budget that we've experienced for this school year."


Listen to the entire hour on WBEZ's website and tune in the first Thursday of September for the second installment.