On Monday, the first day of school for CPS students, some SCR paratransit drivers crossed the picket line and arrived at SCR headquarters expecting to receive work — only to hear CPS pulled its contract with the company for the foreseeable future, one employee said. Nearly 8,800 students with disabilities have received transportation this year, but 1,913 still don’t have rides to school, according to CPS.
CPS has an approx $150 mil transportation budget with 15,600 students that are eligible to use transportation services, but not sure how many actually do….so, $150 mil / 15,600 students at most = a mind blowing $9,615/ per student transportation cost per yr.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
CPS has an approx $150 mil transportation budget with 15,600 students that are eligible to use transportation services, but not sure how many actually do….so, $150 mil / 15,600 students at most = a mind blowing $9,615/ per student transportation cost per yr.