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 agree those who live in the suburbs of Chicago would love to leave as well.
I like how the author assumes that the area outside of Chicago would take on a disproportionate amount of the debt for no apparent reason. As to federal representation, losing a slew of congressional representatives who don’t represent you isn’t a loss, while gaining two senators who do is a big win.
The author of this article makes one HUGE error in his premise. He assumes that the 9 counties of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin region would take the ‘Chicago’ side of the secession. He is wrong about this. I live in the suburbs and I can assure my suburb would have no part of Chicago’s governance. They would most assuredly join the southern half of the state. As would McHenry, Kendall, likely Will and Kane, and probably DuPage too. The ‘Chicago’ part of the Chicago secession would be only Chicago, the northern suburbs, the western suburbs and Southern suburbs of Cook. The NW… Read more »