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.
FMLA guarantees 12 weeks of unpaid time off – do the union Chicago 911 dispatchers get paid for 12 weeks of time off (unions negotiate these sorts of things in their contracts) – if they do get paid this may explain the high rate of absenteeism