>> and parents, like single mother shareece mcdaniel. >> we have a great school here. our kids have art, drama, dance. i mean, those are all the things that rahm emanuel's kids have at his schools. why can't we have that? >> this is about balancing the budget on the backs of poor people. we know they're going to turn around and put the money in charter schools and open up more charter schools so that billionaires that are living loud can name schools after themselves. because of what he's doing to our schools, the people of chicago are going to stand up and say to rahm emanuel, see you later! >> the teacher's union teamed up with parents and headed to court to fight the school consolidation plan. >> parents have filed two class action lawsuits today. >> one lawsuit seeks to protect special needs students. they can be especially vulnerable. >> i don't think that people really understand how much harm is going to be done to these