Interesting viewpoint...
<blockquote>Well here is their little secret. A policy that wasn't in place in 2000 but is now. Any student who did not show up for the 1st day of school was un-enrolled in the school system. The only students that were marked absent are students where the parent actually called the school informing them of a bona fide reason for the student to absent, i.e. illness, dental or medical appointments.

The CPS will only re-enroll these students if and when they finally show up. It is a perfect plan to inflate the 1st day of school attendance percentage.

Mayor Daley, not knowing how many students were going to participate in Rev. Meeks' school boycott was hedging his bet to insure a great 1st day of school attendance number and to minimize the importance of Rev. Meeks' boycott.</blockquote>
Truth or fiction?