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.
Gee and here I was gonna move there! Haha
They do put together a VERY impressive detailed budget which easily puts my town’s simplistic budget product to shame!
I even called (this was years ago) and gushed over it, how beautiful it was and the lady said, “Our residents expect nothing less.”
And there ya go – that makes ALL the difference!
Another of many examples of a municipality not following its own board rules during board meetings..
Edgar County Watchdogs has written about that for years.