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.
Is there a breakdown by age group, AGI, or how many of those tax returns claim retirement income?
It should be on every front page, but the local news media is too busy bitching about Trump to realize there’s legitimate cause for concern about the future of the state occurring at home. Everyone here in SW Ohio laughs at Chicago and IL.
There’s just no hope here. Even if fiscally sane and responsible reforms were enacted today, we’d still be screwed for decades.