Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
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.
I’d prefer that our well-nourished gov. just use some of his vast wealth hidden in offshore trusts to pay my portion of the progressive tax on my behalf. Illinois has 17 billionaires. tax all of one billionaire’s money each year for the next 17 years and no one other than the billionaire has to pay increased taxes! This sounds absurd? Not as crazy as the ‘fair’ tax sounds to the middle class!