Brizard

Last week, Brizard was accused by parent groups and by RTA president Adam Urbanski, of grossly overstating the district's budget deficit in order to justify the firing of 800 city teachers.

Mike Klonsky: Chicago's CEO Short List: Brizard Sounds Like Perfect Candidate for Rahm Mike Klonsky 2011

In Rochester, Brizard is embraced by local biz reformers but despised by many teachers and parents.

Mike Klonsky: Chicago's CEO Short List: Brizard Sounds Like Perfect Candidate for Rahm Mike Klonsky 2011

Even new schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard recognizes Ren10's "collateral damage" as being the "creation of two different and unequal school systems."

Mike Klonsky: SB-7 Clears the Way for New Assault on Chicago's Teachers Mike Klonsky 2011

Local school board member Van White says of Brizard, I'm not sure he's really in touch with teachers, principals, and the non-teaching employees or their feelings about their jobs.

Mike Klonsky: Chicago's CEO Short List: Brizard Sounds Like Perfect Candidate for Rahm Mike Klonsky 2011

Even new schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard recognizes Ren10's "collateral damage" as being the "creation of two different and unequal school systems."

Mike Klonsky: SB-7 Clears the Way for New Assault on Chicago's Teachers Mike Klonsky 2011

Even new schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard recognizes Ren10's "collateral damage" as being the "creation of two different and unequal school systems."

Mike Klonsky: SB-7 Clears the Way for New Assault on Chicago's Teachers Mike Klonsky 2011

All CPS has to show for its bankrupting expenditure of school funds on Vallas's Folly, Renaissance 2010, and whatever Brizard calls what he's doing, is a handful of schools with test scores that look better than the average Chicago Public School.

Julie Woestehoff: Stop the Churn: Give Schools Back to the Community Julie Woestehoff 2011

All CPS has to show for its bankrupting expenditure of school funds on Vallas's Folly, Renaissance 2010, and whatever Brizard calls what he's doing, is a handful of schools with test scores that look better than the average Chicago Public School.

Julie Woestehoff: Stop the Churn: Give Schools Back to the Community Julie Woestehoff 2011

Even new schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard recognizes Ren10's "collateral damage" as being the "creation of two different and unequal school systems."

Mike Klonsky: SB-7 Clears the Way for New Assault on Chicago's Teachers Mike Klonsky 2011

This, even though Brizard, the latest through Rochester's revolving door of school bosses, just recently signed a three-year deal.

Mike Klonsky: Chicago's CEO Short List: Brizard Sounds Like Perfect Candidate for Rahm Mike Klonsky 2011