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.
Thanks to lori for choosing the domestic terrorist Marxist blm organization over the safety of Chicago citizens. Lori and her machine hacks have given Chicago to the permanent victim class. Chicago is over. There is no coming back.
Landlords will start defaulting on mortgages. New construction will stop due to it not being needed. Downtown retail businesses will close up due to former local renters shopping elsewhere. Tourists/visitors already avoid the city. Chicago will collapse soon but suburbs may get a short term boost until Illinois itself collapses. This isn’t complicated. You just have to think about how “A” impacts “B” and “B” impacts “C” and so on.
Screw Chicago, get out of Illinois as soon as possible.