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Only an influx of federal pandemic relief funding saved CPS from earlier deficits and “papered over” existing funding problems, CPS CEO Padro Martinez said. He said he’s ready for a fight for state funding but wouldn’t say what the district’s alternatives are if the state doesn’t help. It would appear budget cuts are the next likely answer.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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We allow mumbling mopes to administer our schools and we expect different results? Sounds much like Democratic logic. We’re millions in the hole, maybe we can spend our way out of it.
Well, I’m sure that the Marxists running the CTU have an entirely sensible plan for fixing all these problems…
Now is the time to restructure the CPS! There I fixed it.
Sounds like at bailout is in order. Illinois, doing the same thing expecting different results.
Just keep on raising taxes. Highest priced per student and the Lowest results. This is the Illinois way. As long as government employees get overly compensated for schitt results everything is business as usual.
As always, it’s not a revenue problem, it’s a spending problem. Less than 10% of the black and brown kids read at grade level and they want to spend more? Schools with a few dozen students but a full complement of front office and custodial staff? Give me (and taxpayers) a break.