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.
Light foot will soon show her true colors as anti cop. They can’t strike like teachers can, so Light foot will run them through a meat grinder in the media as selfish greedy racist cops. A blue flu is really all they got. Cops see an SEIU custodian who spends half the day sleeping in the furnace room getting a sweet contract, what should she expect? I hope the cops get that and more.
Gee, who could have predicted this? Imagine, police think they are just as important as teachers. What’s next, firefighters thinking they are also important?
The schadenfreude side of me is glad this is happening. Lightfoot opened Pandora’s CTU Box, now she has to deal with the repercussions.
Will neighborhood groups march arm-in-arm with their police officers? Will the police also ask for non-existent TIF money from Lincoln Yards like CTU did?
The state arbitration laws are flawed.