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Opponents of CPS Budget Cuts Fight Back with Meme Campaign on Twitter

July 24, 2015 2:43pm | Updated July 24, 2015 2:43pm

CHICAGO — Have you ever been so mad you needed an Xzibit meme to express your rage?

Twitter users started posting memes Friday — including the "Xzibit Yo Dawg" meme — to complain about budget cuts to CPS schools and added allocations to charter schools, with many using the hashtag #GrowingUpinCPS.

The criticism comes amid a flurry of news from CPS: Neighborhood school  budgets are being slashed, some school start times are being pushed back and hundreds of school bus stops have been cut

We've gathered some of the memes for you here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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