Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
April 19, 2024
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A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
There’s a lot of wealth in the hands of the elderly and seniors in this country. I don’t blame the millennial and younger for partying like it’s 1999. Some of them are going to inherit good money; plenty of new opportunities for advancement at work if some of the senior leadership passes away. Lots of estate sales for homes will be put up for sale at reasonable prices. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, it ends of the more ridiculous pension payments to recipients. Quite frankly, as a generation, it’s in their best self-interest if some 70 and 80 year olds die. Heck,… Read more »
You’re brave enough to say what I’ve been thinking for several days. Much of the world is burdened by entitlements that were created when life expectancies were much shorter. Pensions and retiree health funds will see an actuarial gain. Life insurers may or may not be hit because those who still hold policies may already have outlived their life expectancies at the time the policies were issued. Doubtless actuaries and consultants will rush in to adopt new tables and the underfunding will vanish overnight. Pritzker will take the credit. Get a younger spouse immediately or your ungrateful kids will drive… Read more »