I suspect that if Rahm had kept his foul mouth in check and not gone to such lengths to antagonize the teachers there may not have been a strike in 2012.
For what it is worth, Rahm’s three children do not attend the public schools. They are enrolled at the University of Chicago lab school. Most of the local politicians with children do not have a stake in the public schools. Their children attend private schools.
I read somewhere that a really high number of the teachers send their own kids to private schools too.