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.
America has got a good look at the bloviating, odious, partisan hack of a Gov Illinois has. Combine Pritzker with the shameless request by Democrats during a pandemic for a American taxpayer bailout of the state, and the curtain is fully pulled back for America to see what a sad joke Illinois is. And America wants NO part of what is Illinois.
1. He was wrong and he new it, tried to push it to the limits. 2. He listened to crappy raoul states attorney biggest mistake. Guess what they are both like two peas in a pod. USELESS
Damn good movie
I’m reminded of the scene in Bridge Over the River Kwai where Col Saito is sitting on his cot balling his head off after caving in to Col Nicholson