Byrd-Bennett's 7 children 'lost' after 2013 school closings actually exceeded 100

After 50 Chicago Public Schools were closed in 2013, the schools CEO counted only “seven” students as “lost.”

In an open letter she wrote to the Chicago Sun-Times in August, Barbara Byrd-Bennett emphasized the district’s apparent success by repeating the number three times: “Seven.” “Only seven.” “Seven students from a total of 11,729.”