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.
Robin is a joke! LOL Have fun E town with those taxes. HAHA
Blm must be destroyed by any means necessary. This is the real domestic terrorism, not the phony white supremacy mantra. And the Juneteenth holiday is a joke. They celebrated in Chicago by carjacking and killing each other.
Enabling more self-pity, via “reparations” SJW rhetoric, rather than espousing fundamental need for self-reliance (not more hand-outs and freebies) and self-improvement (education and employment) fails to productively advocate for its supposed constituency.
Evanston will rot in the toxic stew these people have created. As conditions get worse, they will blame racism as they always do. The demands will never end.