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Thank you for covering this, Tom. I hope you continue to file complaints with the Illinois AG and hold this School Board and Central Admin accountable. I also noticed in this memo that they mention a Race Equity Inclusion Assessment (REIA) as if it has already been done. Recall that the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights wrote to the School Board imploring them to conduct an REIA because they have not done one yet:

https://www.clccrul.org/blog/chicago-lawyers-committee-urges-evanstonskokie-sd65-to-reconsider-proposal-to-close-bessie-rhodes-school

Now, they dubiously suggest that one already exists. (!!!)

Also note that the entire phrasing "consider feasibility; the Race Equity Inclusion Assessment (REIA); and financial, operational, and community impacts" is in a gray font color, as opposed to the black font color of the rest of the memo. Someone clearly just added this text to the memo, I would argue as window-dressing, to make it look like they are addressing legal obligations and residents' concerns.

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