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.
Kaegi is too busy doubling everyone’s property taxes north of a line parallel of Madison St. “Federal oversight? Bah Hum Bug! I have real work to do, like increasing the property assessments of the ‘rich’!” (ie this is a fake quote, I made it up to get a point across)
It’s obvious he’s in way over his head. And not taking a federal probe seriously makes perfect sense. He’s simply looked around him and seen what his fellow pols have gotten away with and likely has a false sense of security built up.