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.
will JB and the Priztskers be offering up any of their Hyatt hotel rooms to fight the fight? how many fed bailout $bucks$ will JB and the Priztskers get (who knows how many $ are sheltered offshore).
likewise, how many fed bailout $bucks$ will the comrade Sharkey family be cashing in on for their Royal Caribbean Cruise Line family business–who’s ships are registered in Liberia, pay no taxes, make use of federal resources like coast guard when they get in trouble, and treat their mostly foreign staff like salves (lot of Filipinos)? where’s the outrage on the left