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.
This stooge needs to go. Go across he boarder and let the people of Illinois make their own decisions on what is best for theeir families. Apparently he feels it is fine for him to go to FLA or to WIS or other places. Will he charge the gas it takes to get there to the state of Illinois? Is that why he wanted a “fair” tax? This guy is not a doctor. The people he surrounds himself with that proclaim themselves doctors act more like drama queens and actresses than doctors. This is what the Dem party is–doom gloom… Read more »