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.
If a person is tested continuously until they are negative each test is counted as a new case. Fake News. False counts.
CASES!!! Lions, Tigers, and Bears OH MY!! Forget that the tests are fake which is solidly demonstrated, because that’s irrelevant; also meaningless that IFR is equal or less than Flu, and grab what fear you can keep going because CASES!!! The tyrants need their platform, floating magic carpet though it is.
We are just going to have to live with this virus. If you’re elderly, isolate yourself or get healthy enough to survive the virus. If have a BMI of 30 or over, it’s time to get yourself in shape. A woman on my block that used to be quite large lost probably 40-50 lbs this quarantine just eating less and jogging more in the evening. If you smoke, quit now. People, it’s time to pay the piper. Your unhealthy lifestyles choices have caught up with you. Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest has never been more relevant than… Read more »