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 hope the federal funding gets a direct hit to this municipality. How can they pass this without addressing the costs involved to the tax payer? Let alone what they will do if and when the federal funding gets cut. What do the police think? Who are they supposed to listen to- the federal government or the Evanston Government?
Be kind to the people of Evanston and other like-minded communities. They exhibit the same lack of reason and adherence to imposed standards as one would find in a totalitarian regime like N. Korea or Cuba. They’ve been indoctrinated for so long that they have lost the ability to think outside their little box. There is no cure. Luckily, Northwestern Univ will not give in to Evanston’s increasing need for property tax dollars, so the regime probably will collapse at some point.
Be kind to the people of Evanston and other like-minded communities. They exhibit the same lack of reason and adherence to imposed standards as one would find in a totalitarian regime like N. Korea or Cuba. They’ve been indoctrinated for so long that they have lost the ability to think outside their little box. There is no cure. Luckily, Northwestern Univ will not give in to Evanston’s increasing need for property tax dollars, so the regime probably will collapse at some point.