COVID relief money saved Chicago Public Schools’ budget. Now the money’s gone – and CPS is in crisis. – Chalkbeat Chicago

A looming cost is pensions for non-teaching staff. Former Mayor Lightfoot shifted a portion of pension costs onto the district in 2020, a practice Mayor Brandon Johnson has tried to continue. But so far this year, the district has refused to pay a $175 million contribution to the municipal pension fund, putting the city on the hook as it faces its own deficit.
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Free at Last
1 year ago

I know how to solve this. Higher taxes for all of you. See I just skipped to the end for you.

Where's Mine ???
1 year ago

Another–‘the world of CPS/CTU according to Chalkbeat’ article where they give tacit endorsement of CTU agenda & interpretation of history, avoid mentioning any of CPS astronomical dysfunction at astronomical $cost$ (as regularly discussed on IPI & WP-empty schools, highest paid teachers nationally, 25% reading proficiency, etc, etc) and accept as gospel the Martire/CTBA–EBF that CPS is somehow underfunded at $30gs per student (“systemically dis-invested” if your CTU/Brando). Only now are they writing about the end of COVID ESSER funding in any detail. With CTU/Brando now at a 14% approval rating, who are the dopes that still buy into the Chalkbeat… Read more »

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