Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
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.
The greedy unions own the governor and the legislature. The next mayor is to be decided, but whoever it is will be the union’s bitch so it really doesn’t matter
Let me see if I understand this: Since the 2016-17 school year, CPS has lost 20,000 students. And CTU thinks “the wind is at our back in these negotiations”?! Only if it’s the draft from all the kids leaving Chicago.