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.”
Word of advice: find a storefront in DuPage County, relocate your business – pronto.
Hub cap shops, nail salons and second hand furniture stores don’t get robbed quite as often as high end retailers. Things will be better when business adapts.
“We just got to hope that our city can do better” Will the police department become fully staffed and allowed to enforce the law? NO. Will the prosecutors actually prosecute and jail criminals? NO. Will the SAFE-T Act be repealed? NO. Will crime increase? YES Will city taxes keep going up and city services keep going down? YES. Will middle and upper class people continue to leave the city? YES. Will city finances continue to worsen? YES Will the elected officials become less corrupt? NO. Will the CTU continue to demolish the school system and fail all the students? YES.… Read more »
IMO, rename Chicago, “The City of Grifters and Corrupt Dems”.
I hope that all Illinois Dems are sent to re-education camps but I know it won’t happen.
Vote with your feet and leave the corrupt Dem controlled cesspool of a state I call Taxistan!!
Hope is not a strategy.
Things could always be worse!
And don’t worry, they will be!