20 of city's public schools slated to close or merge CPS | 8-12 face 'turnaround' for poor performance

"Some schools will be reopened as part of Mayor Daley's Renaissance 2010 initiative to create 100 new schools by 2010, Pickens said. But other schools that close at the end of the school year "will remain dormant for years...''

This is what a National Model looks like? Parent's are not only left without choices, but now with less and less schools to choose from.