Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
This has all the hallmarks of every crooked IL Democrat deal
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Open Meetings Act.
If they signed NDAs, it sounds like signed admissions that public officials discussed public business without legally necessary public notice.
Illinois law doesn’t disappear because local government bodies say it does.
If Governor strong-armed this suspension of Illinois legal protections of local communities, can anyone (other than Jenny Thornley types) in Illinois feel protected by ‘law’?
It will be very interesting to watch this unfold. I have high regard for the residents that are coming together to fight this underhanded attempt to sell out their town. They should make it clear that the political careers of those behind Gotion will be over should it proceed. And there should be a full review of any backroom shenanigans. Full transparency!