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.
McClain was obviously helping out Quinn. We don’t really know why. Maybe they were good friends over the years. Maybe Madigan told McClain to help him out. Maybe Madigan knows nothing. Madigan would never say anything over the telephone, or email or document this arrangement. But the Feds are coming heavy down on McClain right now. Does McClain fear the Feds more than he fears Madigan, or does he fear Madigan more than he fears the Feds? I mean if I were in McClain’s shoes, nothing short of a car bomb secretly placed in my Nissan Rogue would stop me… Read more »