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.
Don’t bet on it. How many Democrats from Chicago voted for JB. Some how some way more money will be diverted to Chicago. It always does always will.
Another block buster must read by Bauer–“43% of all public pension plans in the United States are Illinois”–unbalievable insanity!!!!
The 43% figure is probably bogus because it uses 1,511 public pension plans in the United States. The 1,511 source is a 2012 report by Marquette Associates for COGFA. “According to publicly available data, there are 1,511 public pension plans in the United States. With 657 public pension plans, Illinois has the largest number of public pension funds in the country.” In a December 11, 2013 report, Illinois Policy Institute calculated the 43% via division: 657 / 1,511 = 43%. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-has-43-of-the-countrys-public-pension-plans But Marquette Associates didn’t document the source(s) of the “publicly available data” in its report. http://cgfa.ilga.gov/Upload/Feb2012MarquetteAssocStudyforCGFA.pdf The US Census… Read more »