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.
my city worker neighbors are definitely part of the out-migrators in my hood– the firefighter guy just split for Tennessee the minute he retired, the streets and san guys counten the days till he can get set up in Arizona when his gigantic retirement kicks in. me–I’m stuck payen the bills. What’s most frightening about CTBA is the press, (from Hinz to ST to trib to WBEZ) seem to take whatever CTBA & mr martirre say as Gospel in the war to sink rauner–which depressingly they’ve pretty much won. while IPI is written in the press of as extreme right… Read more »
Tell the streets and san guy to enjoy it while it lasts, because it’s not going to. The city will have to adopt suicidal property tax rates to fund their pensions. I assume you are aware of the automatic property tax increases that start in 2020 to fund pensions? Thank God, I got out just in time.