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.
Of all the sorry, whiner, sore loser, naive reactions to Trump’s win I have seen, this is about the silliest. Does anyone really think that anything like this will happen? No wonder the major media outlets, and the Sun Times in particular, are losing customers so rapidly. Wild exaggerations like this put into print erode the credibility of the publication. Steinberg looks foolish, and ought to be more responsible with the protection the First Amendment provides him. And the Sun Times should do a reality check regarding the dribble it is presenting to its dwindling customer base.