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.”
Woodstock IL has a property tax rate of 3.6% of full fair market value (effective tax rate).
This anomalous high tax rate, which has persisted over 15 years, has greatly depressed home and land values over 2 decades (with the slight exception of TIF properties which have benefitted at the expense of all others).
School board and municipality overspending for benefit of inner circle are the core cause of this problem.
Not exactly true. The taxes as a percentage is the average but many homes have low values especially on the west side. I saw one home across from public housing that pay $98.00 per year or $8.16 per month (maybe no one lives there but not sure). When you include the $6K homeowners and $5K senior deductions that greatly reduces the tax burden of a $40 or $50K home. Other homes in the same area pay $700 (some zero) or so the % of taxes to value is very low but in many areas on the east side close to… Read more »