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"Siobhan Haugh, a parent and school board member at St. Paul of the Cross School in Park Ridge, says she 'is not worried' about sending her three boys back to school. 'There are risks with everything, and this is worth trying,' she says. 'Lockdown was one thing, but once things started to open up, I had to get more comfortable with them doing things. We have to figure out how to live until there’s a vaccine.'"
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Bellyache? More like CTU is shooting their hostages
If CTU wanted to bring down all of chicago education, they are doing very well. Interacting with kids for 2-3 hours a day, breaks in between sessions, teaching a few days a week, and all online clearly is not a recipe for success. I expect a decrease in my real estate taxes because clearly we aren’t paying for a quality education. Where is all the money going?!?!?!? Let’s start making some real cuts and start hiring some quality teachers that care about the kids.