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.
Where is this thing listed on the ballot? Is it far down the page or easily seeable? The other thing I was wondering was that since amendments are so hard to pass (as they should be) why is there another manner in which to pass it? It should be a minimum of 60% voting on the measure, yes. But where is this odd carve out of 50% of anyone who casts a ballot at all coming from? That seems like a totally odd trojan horse. It can’t possibly be harder to do that than get 60% to vote YES on… Read more »
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That is the whole objective to Jag Boy and the DEMS they want the state to be dependent upon government.