Schools Were Open Today But Nobody Came

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At 5 a.m. this morning new chancellor Cathie Black made the call that public schools would in fact be open. But it appears that students weren't answering their phones. Only 47 percent of middle schoolers and 37 percent of high schoolers came to school today. Systemwide the average was 46%. We hope all those cutters had a nice midweek vacation, it's back to school with you tomorrow (but don't worry, you've got Monday off in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.).

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