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						  Chicago Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard Friday offered to let the Chicago Teachers Union select the next 25 schools to join a longer-school-day pilot &mdash; an idea union officials immediately rejected as &ldquo;totally absurd.&rsquo;&rsquo; &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not convinced the first 13 schools [in the Longer School Day Pioneer pilot] make any sense,&rsquo;&rsquo; said CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey. &ldquo;This offer is totally absurd. ... We&rsquo;ve tried to raise substantive and serious questions, and instead of answering those questions, we&rsquo;ve been invited to pick the next 25 schools.&rsquo;&rsquo; Brizard e-mailed CTU President Karen Lewis a letter Friday inviting her to pick 25 more  &amp;hellip;
					  
				 
	  				  
   