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.
And i believe chicago/cpd spends most per capita on policing than any big city. And 1/2 the 911 operators are on fmla days at any time
and cpd homicide clearance rate is a joke. and thousands of rape kit/ dna test go untested (not sure why those can’t be contracted out–does afsme claim rape kit testing?)
The root cause of this problem isn’t some foreign invader, or disease or pestilence. It’s Republicans. Yes, people all over the city, shoot at each other like zombies with no ability for self-control or free will, because … Republicans.
And especially the boogeyman in Washington. Jabba told me as much in his campaign ads. Jabba is love, Jabba is life!