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.
The teachers can’t lose on this one. The days in classrooms are mandated by law in Illinois thus every day on the picket line will be made up meaning no loss in pay for the teachers. Most have tenure so ca not be replaced and so the usual goes on. It is a never ending spiral but as we know, it’s for the children.
CTU are a gang of greedy thieves. Break this union.
Reconstitute CPS making all contracts invalid. Fire all CTU members. Start over. Allow school vouchers and expand the charter school program.
Chicago is teetering on bankruptcy This has to end now.
It’s a losing battle. Some things aren’t worth fighting for, when instead, you can just move 10 miles northwest to the suburbs. Like I did a decade ago.