OMG Scott's Tots IRL! Billionaire Chicago Family Cancels Promise Of College Scholarships To 100s Of Black Students

perezhilton.com:

Forget The Simpsons predicting everything — an excruciating plotline from of The Office has just come to life! In Season 6, Episode 12 of the hit sitcom, titled “Scott’s Tots,” Michael Scott “realizes that he cannot keep a decade-old promise to pay college tuition for several children,” per the description.

He has to break the news to a room full of mostly Black students. It’s truly painful to watch. In a terrible twist of fate, this exact plot line is playing out now for a bunch of Chicago kids!

According to WBEZ Chicago on Wednesday, the Schuler Scholars program has abruptly shut down — leaving tons of students with a last-minute financial issue just weeks before the school year begins. Related: Demi Moore Wants To Normalize THIS ‘Taboo Topic’! The program was founded by (former) billionaire Jack Schuler, a healthcare investor and former Abbott Laboratories executive, and his daughter over two decades ago to help send low-income and first-generation Chicago kids to college.

But last month Jack sent an email to the program’s participants announcing he will no longer be funding their education! Marcus Jackson, a participant, told the outlet: He added: Hundreds of students were promised $2,500 a year plus thousands more to cover health insurance.