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.
Lipinski – a pro-life Democrat who inherited his seat from his father – was nearly primaried out of his seat by a truly whack job far left progressive. Lipinski’s district is solidly Democrat and he hopes that his ‘centrist’ positions will appeal to moderate democrats and even conservatives in parts of his district that are more middle and working class. He’s in for a fight, for sure. The fact that two Illinois reps support this issue is more evidence that IL isn’t as progressive as today’s ‘orange man bad’ legislature makes it out to be.