CPS restores $24M in funding as alderpersons grill officials over cuts – Chicago Sun-Times*

Ald. Jeanette Taylor said students’ needs are so dire right now that “we don’t have the luxury to be holding onto money...Spend it now,” she told CPS leaders. “Our young people need you all. We are a city that is hurting ... and you all have an opportunity to do something different. The fact that you all are comfortable and OK with telling us that it’s OK to cut schools says we need new leadership. Because apparently you all can’t figure it out.”