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.
Somebody is trying to look like a reformer but knowing this will kill the proposal. Its so stupid in concept and horribly drafted it has to be deliberate.
Mr. Glennon – you were the first to flag this provision in your earlier post on this, but most of the media still have not picked it up. It’s truly pernicious.
Where the hell is the media on this? Sick and tired of having to go to places like this (no offense), pensiontsunami and such to get the facts.
As I lawyer, I can only assume the authors fully expect this provision to be thrown out by a court. As you alluded, it should clearly be voided for vagueness, seemingly deliberate vagueness.
Arthur-
Agreed. While I am a little rusty as a laywer, I used to teach in law school. If a student didn’t see a void-for-vagueness issue in this piece of crap I would beat him over the head with a case book.