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In the past, they have voiced concerns about principals unionizing, arguing that as managers, school leaders do not belong at a bargaining table. However, the district did not actively oppose the bill that ultimately allowed Chicago Public Schools principals to unionize. “The pandemic and the responsibilities that grew during the pandemic raised additional awareness about the value of having union rights,” one principal said.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Well now we’ll have Principal strikes to complement CTU strikes. Again folks, don’t confuse CPS with education.
Move heaven and earth to get your kids out of there. Move to the west burbs, take a 2nd job, join a church that has their own private school or what ever it takes. Your dignified old age depends upon it.