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.
It seems to me that the commissioner has forgotten who his customers are. I always thought that I, as a fan who bought tickets, 8 dollar hot dogs and jerseys, was the kind of customer that organized football wanted on the customer roster. Apparently, the ratings for the Sunday night football game were down 28 percent from last year. Apparently some of last years customers like me are not interested in the product anymore. The commissioner needs to figure out who are the customers he wants. I’ll give him a hint, the customers are not the wife beaters,dog fighting participants,… Read more »
I watched the hockey game. I am no longer going to support the domestic terrorist Marxist blm organization, and especially not the kneeling anti American black power fists blm bears.