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.
For 20 years I never once had to really visit my CPA’s office, she could have been in the Bahamas for all it mattered. CPA work is not like your mechanic where location matters, they should be the last ones complaining, the guy that does your oil changes on the other hand needs to worry.
Half of all lawyers are solos or in small firms representing small businesses and household. This would be a huge tax on consumers who use attorneys for real estate transactions, estate planning, criminal cases, civil cases, bankruptcy and so on. Awful idea.
Unfortunately our en-educated voters think it’s a tax on lawyers, accountants, etc. What they don’t realize is all taxes ultimately end up being put on the consumer.