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.
How about Pritzger sit his arse down and stay in the state of Illinois and abide by the ruinous rules he imposes of the people and businesses of Illinois, no taking off to your home in Florida or Wisconsin! You stay here and Govern!
Here’s an idea. Pot is legal now so restaurants should sell Marijuana brownies. Tax on brownies can be the same as pot so gov won’t shut them down because it’s now essential . Patrons will get munchies so might as well order a turkey club and more brownies.
Is it surprising–November 3?
To get people to bend to who and what they want in the vote.
The majority of cases are not new –you get tests again and again when you have it and each test is considered a new case.
The hospitals are not over stretched.
The cases tend to be in assisted living–NY gov was Ill gov model.
Is it an accident that COVID lockdowns are mainly affecting one of the last bastions of independent small business in our economy- the independent restaurants? If they keep this up, we will have only the large chain restaurants left, just like they have done with retail. Amazon Dining coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
No it is not an accident! You are right! Communist Politicians Hate Small Business. Small Business is harder to control than Big Business. Big Businesses usually fall right into the Communists Lap.