On one hand Chicago Public Schools is telling parents and students that they should stay home or will be sent home if they have a 100-degree temperature in an on-going effort to stem the swine flu. On the other hand, Chicago Public Schools uses absences, even illness absences, as one way to choose which student is allowed to enter into the top college prep schools in the system: [Celia Hensey] was a straight-A student who aced the selective enrollment high school entrance exam. She

Originally posted 2009-09-05 12:09:54.