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.
That’s a really great video, but why isn’t the Governor talking about the points raised in it when students are protesting the state budget and lack of funding? Cut the President’s salary in half and you could give a couple of 4 year scholarships with the savings.
This state needs fact based discussions – great post. Somebody should post this video on the Capitolfax blog. They had a number of discussions this week about talking about fully funding the poor universities. Most participants on that blog are D’s, and very fact challenged.