i don t know what s going to happen. parents also fear chicago s notorious gang problems as kids cross into strange neighborhoods to attend new schools. it is okay. you have certain gangs, no, certain kids that go to certain schools because it is in their neighborhood. when you go outside of your neighborhood, that becomes a problem. some blame the number of school closings on the chicago teacher s union which won a significant pay raise for teachers last fall. the head of the union blames mayor rahm emanuel. we have a murder mayor, a murder problem, murdering schools. he is murdering communities. it is okay, how is that okay? willy cochran remains optimistic, even for schools on that list. i would say to the parents that are frustrated right now, there is still time to work. after all, he says, this is chicago. martin savidge, cnn, chicago. tech geeks learn the language
i really don t know. i don t know what s going to happen. reporter: parents also fear chicago s notorious gang problems as kids cross into strange neighborhoods to attend new schools. okay. you have certain gangs, you know, you got certain kids that go to certain schools because it s in their neighborhood. so when you go outside of your neighborhood, you know, that becomes a problem. reporter: some blame the high number of school closings on the chicago teachers union which won a significant pay raise for teachers last fall. but the head of the union blames mayor rahm emanuel. we have a murder mayor. we have a murder problem. he s murdering schools, he s murdering communities, and it s okay. how is that okay? reporter: willie cochran remains optimistic even for schools on that list. i would say to the parents that are frustrated right now, there s still time to work. reporter: after all, he says, this is chicago.