Bush forces Boston to close a K-8 public school for his fund raiser

[papau]

"Today in Boston the President is expected to take in up to $1 million for his re-election fund but the Boston Globe's Greenberger and Abraham report that "The president's visit unexpectedly canceled classes for 1,425 children at the Boston Renaissance Charter School, a K-8 institution on Stuart Street a block away from the hotel" where the fundraiser is to take place." The Boston Public Schools system "could not guarantee timely pick-up of students at dismissal time," and there were concerns that "the 300 parents who pick up their children would not be able to reach the school." "'It's a sad situation that you have to close off school because of a fund-raising event,' said Roger F. Harris, Renaissance headmaster."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/03/25/visit_by_bush_to_snarl_roads_spur_protests/

Visit by Bush to snarl roads, spur protests
By Scott S. Greenberger and Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 3/25/2004

President Bush will swoop into Boston for a quick fund-raiser this afternoon that could net his campaign $1 million and also draw several thousand protesters, force the closure of a school, and disrupt traffic near the Park Plaza Hotel.

[southpaw72]

1. leave no child behind... er....

... lame.

and i'm sure mitt will be there as well.

[billybob537]

4. Hope Mitt falls down again.

[bif]

2. The "education" president?

[truthspeaker]

3. Now he's closing schools directly!

And I thought his education bill was bad.

Shouldn't this be in GD or LBN? It's real news.

[yellowcanine]

5. No doubt * will pacify this situation with some strategic distributions of

presidential cufflinks and other trinkets. At the end of the day, though, some school children didn't get taught because * apparently thinks more money will keep him from crashing and burning on Nov. 2.