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.
Not a big fan of many of ives hard right views and realize states and cc attorneys have limited powers, but ives is the only one in gov or press askimg where the heck are kwaume, kimmie, little lisa & alverez as the feds are cracken down on Illinois corruption left and righ. Why is it only the fbi can figjt corruption in ill? https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512824411-ives-calls-cullerton-indictment-corruption-at-the-highest-level
Excellent questions. Illinois has been making news lately for all the wrong reasons, and I’d wager we’re just seeing the tip of the iceberg.
But I think fergueson–city ig is doing a great job even with his hands tied behind his back
The AG’s office is too prestigious to be bogged down in petty corruption among the pol class. He’s got other things on his plate, other *more important* more prestigious things, things that don’t get his hands dirty, like: ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/pressroom/2019_02/20190218.html The state’s attorneys office is too busy freeing felons because they can’t meet cash bail. And the rest of their time is chasing down child support from these same felons in child support court (yes, the SA’s office handles all the state’s child support cases,… Read more »
Also Ives’ ‘hard right’ views were perfectly acceptable just a few short years ago and are held by at least 48% of republican leaning primary voters, possibly more. I voted for Rauner even though I share Ives’ views more. These views are now considered ‘hard right’ only because the ‘hard left’ progressives have entirely rejected the political belief system that existed a few short years ago. They are doing this obviously because Orange Man Bad and because with a field so large, they’re all chasing what they believe are the loudest voices on twitter for primary votes. I mean twitter… Read more »