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.
I’m convinced Democrat Socialism/Thugism only leads to Bankruptcy. Venezuela is another example of the power of Socialism/Thugism. Democrats = Bankruptcy by definition if left unchecked and unchallenged. New York City had Republican Mayors for quite a while limiting the damage.
Mark, do you think Amazon might be better positioned than most companies to withstand the fiscal fire that is certainly coming to Chicago in the next decade? I think about how much volume they must be doing in Chicago alone, based my household’s use of Prime. They have massively expanded their presence here already. While I am not a detailed follower of their finances, and I am sympathetic to the comments Detroiters are making, I wonder if Amazon will simply decide that their business in Chicago is too good to ignore. Or maybe the competition for their new location is… Read more »
I don’t think that selecting another location would impair their sales here.
No need to go outside the Midwest. There are other large cities that could accommodate amazon like Indianapolis.