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.
Just Crazy that every other state is cutting their budget and IL is increasing theirs. Even CA is cutting 10% of salaries. But IL? No way! Nothing has changed, nothing.
“That’s when the state’s primary revenue sources — individual and corporate income taxes and retail sales taxes — began an estimated $3.8 billion nosedive.”
That ‘nose dive’ hasn’t even stopped and keeps increasing in speed. $3.8B is a major underestimate. Then they will say “we never saw this coming!”
“We had a balanced budget before this crisis…”
Hey J. Beluga!!
Better open up real soon or you are in bankruptcy…