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There are now 322,106 children attending the city’s public schools, roughly 9,000 fewer than last year. That’s more than 80,000 fewer students than there were a decade ago, when city officials shuttered 50 schools citing low enrollment, and more than 115,000 fewer than were enrolled 20 years ago. The stunning contraction in size raises important questions about the future of the public school system and the city as a whole.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Parents are dumping Chicago school that ignore parents and pupils, and instead cater to perverts, pedophiles
Here’s a trivia question;
When’s the last time you saw a Chicago real estate listing that highlighted CPS ( among the nation’s highest per pupil spending and teacher salaries)— as a selling point?
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/3807-N-Seeley-Ave-60618/home/13390140
Built on a 33 foot wide lot, this rarely available, new construction home has a sprawling 5300 square feet over 3 levels. Located on a coveted block in North Center & the Bell school district, this home features 6 bedrooms, 4.2 bathrooms, a three car garage and a professionally landscaped 630sq ft yard with a heated pathway to the garage.
Enrollment in CPS is a direct indicator of the health of the city. Chicago has a cancer which continues to metatasize – it’s called Leftist Democrats.