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.
The State of Illinois including Chicago is under various Executive Orders as issued by Governor JB Pritzker due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Were the parades were exempt from the Executive Orders?
Or did the Governor, Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot, Illinois State Senator Tammy Duckworth, and thousands of parade participants and watchers violate the Executive Orders on June 19, 2020?
Yes.
Chicago Sun-Times YouTube channel.
1:25 video.
Thousands march, dance downtown to celebrate Juneteenth, demand justice.
Jun 19, 2020.
Participants were seen having fun along the way dancing to music from a marching band that led the group to Daley Plaza. A separate interfaith rally was taking place at Grant Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-oJXG81yu4
Associated Press YouTube channel.
0:48 video.
Chicago marchers say Juneteenth represents hope.
Jun 19, 2020.
“Thousands gathered for a Juneteenth march and rally in downtown Chicago to commemorate the holiday traditionally celebrated to mark the end of slavery in the United States.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SddajAISjh8
WGN News (WGN-TV) YouTube channel.
1:51 video.
Juneteenth celebrated across Chicago areas.
June 19, 2020.
Friday is Juneteenth, the day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVKJXdLe2w
Associated Press Archive (AP Archive) YouTube channel. 0:50 video. Video posted June 24, 2020. Event took place June 19, 2020 (Juneteenth). “About a thousand people marched through downtown Chicago to celebrate Juneteenth. Chicago organizations, faith leaders and activists planned several marches around the city on Friday, with the largest expected downtown. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when news finally reached African Americans in Texas that President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves living in Confederate states two years earlier. The day is gaining more attention this year as the coronavirus disproportionately affects black Americans and the calls… Read more »
CBS Chicago (WBBM-TV) YouTube channel.
1:59 video.
Thousands Expected To Gather At Juneteenth March, Rally Downtown.
June 19, 2020.
Thousands will march to commemorate Juneteenth, the day slavery officially ended in the United States in 1865.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bS_v_CCIQs
CBS Chicago (WBBM-TV) YouTube channel.
3:25 video.
Juneteenth Rally Against Racism.
Jun 19, 2020.
CBS 2’s Steven Graves reports on Friday’s march in Chicago commemorating Juneteenth and calls for justice and an end to police brutality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLdf0Xr9bg
See Illinois leaders march in Juneteenth rally Illinois leaders, inlcuding Gov. J.B. Pritzker, march in a Juneteenth rally through downtown Chicago.
CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports on June 19, 2020.
Includes 2:22 video.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/19/leaders-march-in-chicago-keilar-jimenez-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/protests-george-floyd-death