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.
They probably would not pass the bar.
More corruption in Illinois
Meh. I say let them have it.
I took the Illinois Bar 24 years ago. 26 different subjects I had to master, and I did. Passed the first time too.
Today, I’d be lucky if I could even recall what half of those 26 subjects were, let alone the details of those subjects. A lot of good that did.
Wisconsin has its diploma privilege. Illinois should as well, especially in today’s Covid-19 environment.
I don’t think I’d want any of them to represent me if I ever need a lawyer. As my grandfather, who was a doctor, said “someone has to make the top half of the class possible.”
Snowflakes
Another “ask” from the permanent victim class and the whining liberals. They don’t want to take the bar exam. They want a participation law license like the participation trophies they got in little league.