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.
John Greenfield- Go away you little sniffling fool!
It’s time to deplatform fascist John Greenfield. What do you say John?
What a weasel.
Any “moderate” Democrat who does not see by now what is going on is completely blind. Wake up Dems, you told us that you wanted to go back to “normalcy” and “unity”. How can you continue to support this? Does this seem normal to you??
“Appeasement is feeding the alligator and hoping he eats you last.” is a bit what moderate Democrats are doing. They’re feeding the beast all the conservative first hoping this trend will end before it hits the moderate Democrats. It never does and things are only about to get worse.
Democrats seem to get really really upset when anyone questions the legitimacy of the election. Which is kind of a weird thing to get so freaked out over because it is so easily ignored.