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.
I mean, Eddie Johnson came across as such a nice guy on TV and at press conferences too. But the second city cop blog hated the guy and the rank and file despised him. But they don’t like anybody so I didn’t give it much credence. He seemed to me at least like he was doing as good as job as he could do within the confines of a big city police department. We’ve all seen The Wire and I took him at face value. Until we found out that he was out drinking with his mistress who also happens… Read more »