Boost grad rates by closing schools?

We have been hearing Mayor Emanuel state that things need to be done to increase the graduation rate for minority students. Can he please explain how making children leave the safety of their own neighborhoods, traveling to schools, increasing class sizes and decreasing the number of teachers and paraprofessionals is going to accomplish this? It appears that Emanuel and the school board have adopted an altered quote by former football coach Vince Lombardi; “Money isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”

Daniel Pupo, Bellwood