Quiet reading

Melanie Beltran, 7, leans in on her mother, as they read one of the may donated books outside the Whittier Elementary School field house, 1900 W. 23rd St., in Chicago. For the eighth day in a row, dozens of parents continued to stake out the field house to stop its demolition, hoping to persuade <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000081" title="Chicago Public Schools" href="/topic/education/schools/chicago-public-schools-ORGOV000081.topic">Chicago Public Schools</a> to convert the dilapidated structure into a library.

( Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune / September 22, 2010 )

Melanie Beltran, 7, leans in on her mother, as they read one of the may donated books outside the Whittier Elementary School field house, 1900 W. 23rd St., in Chicago. For the eighth day in a row, dozens of parents continued to stake out the field house to stop its demolition, hoping to persuade Chicago Public Schools to convert the dilapidated structure into a library.

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