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.
Latinx is not a real word. The official institute for the Spanish language has said that Latinx is not a real world. Latinx is a fake word. The only people who use this fake word are upper middle class liberals who feel that replacing improper ‘x’ with the proper and correct ‘o’ at the end of the word is somehow more inclusive. It is not, it is offense, and no anglo needs to be telling Spanish speaking people how to use their language.
And you also have people who use some real words wrongly with frequency such as the word “tax’s” which from the context in which it’s written should be written as “taxes.” I say this not to embarrass but to try to educate since others in that person’s sphere clearly do not wish to face the likely ridicule of doing so. Now, I’m that target, I presume. That individual should be grateful since most who read or hear such things likely know which spelling to use and when to do so.
Tax’s is not a usage I see often. And let’s be honest, not everyone like us can spend all day writing and communicating with others. I’ll pass on an incorrect spelling especially on the internet.
Preckwinkle sites Ariel investor–j rogers as a model for corporate responsibility for diversity…but isn’t his whole sthick being the minority investment option guy for all the gov union pension funds to meet there minority goals?