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.
wow……..and 63% increase in prop taxes is bad news for Chicago area homeowners and all renters too ! And even THAT won’t be enough to solve the govt ‘ees getting way too much pension, way too early. It’s like the Mafia consiglieres in “Goodfellas” performing their extortion on small private businesses: ” Business GOOD….PAY UP “………Business BAD…..PAY UP ! “
The sooner it collapses the sooner people can start to work on a solution. Until then, keep your head in the sand Chicago.