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.
Local hospitals are full? really? That’s the exact opposite of what I’m hearing, as I know local nurses who are having their hours reduced, as few are showing up the hospital. Six months ago everyone criticized the for-profit (or for profit masquerading as a not for profit – I’m looking at you, Advocate) health care system as terrible and anti-human right. Guess what, when you take away the ability for hospitals to make money, suddenly the quality care goes down, nurses and doctors are laid off or furloughed, and no one is getting health care. Good job J Beluga, you… Read more »