Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The article doesn’t tell us how many schools there are, how many custodians there are now and how many will remain after the cuts. Also no comparables from other school systems. Still, at least give Block Club and Chalkbeat credit for covering this, when apparently no other media did.
Many schools were already short on custodians, with almost no subs in case of absences. Way to pick the low-hanging fruit, CPS. How ‘bout you get rid of the numerous “Instructional Support Leaders” (most of whom have about 5 seconds of classroom experience), who are wandering into classrooms giving advice on how to maximize “agency, voice, and choice” of your students so they can “equitably access a high-quality curriculum”?
Janitors and crossing guards isn’t going to cut the mustard.
FIRE the 9,000 teachers hired during covid and consolidate those near empty schools!
That’s where the real $$$ are at.
Ironic they cut people that get rid of trash.
Nice direction, but CPS is avoiding the real dollars and the real issue.