Illinois Lawmakers Thumb Noses at Constitution to Impose New Taxes – Wirepoints
June 9, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Schurz high school is not a good high school. Math and reading proficiency is 11% and 13% respectively. 82% hispanic, 8% black, 7% white. 96% eligble for free lunch. Which is kind of crazy because from what I remember about Chicago is that surrounding neighborhood is pretty fancy with lots of million dollar houses.
https://www.publicschoolreview.com/schurz-high-school-profile
It is a nice neighborhood directly around the school, but Schurz’s attendance boundaries stretch from Bucktown to Dunning, and Jeff Park to Belmont Cragin (https://schoolinfo.cps.edu/schoollocator/index.html). My school is a feeder for Schurz, so I hear what the school is like from former students. Even though the academic numbers are telling (and not surprising), Schurz used to also be a place of constant mayhem both inside and outside the building. It is significantly better today than it was 10 years ago, and the majority of my students are happy with the school, at least by teenage standards. I guess there was… Read more »