Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
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.
Does anyone know if the $838MM figure includes the new money that will be given to the CTU in their contract “negotiations?”
No, we don’t know what it is yet and that would be in the separate budget for CPS. But there are tons of problems with her $838M figure, that we will be writing about.