Posted on 10/12/2015 2:47:55 PM PDT by george76
The indictment of former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett closes a chapter in yet another sad tale of greedy, cheating city officials. Her lawyer says she has agreed to plead guilty when she appears in court, and I hope the judge throws the book at her.
But ethical misconduct is only a part of BBB's legacy. The ex-CEO—along with the rest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's crack team at the Board of Education—has left us with a whopper of a problem that could hit full force as soon as next month.
I'm referring to the nearly $500 million hole in the budget for the school year that began in, um, September.
Officials foolishly assumed in that budget that Springfield would ride to the rescue with a ton of new money, pension reform or at least a few bags of fairy dust. They didn't have a plan B in case Springfield does what Springfield has been doing lately—that is, continue the bitter standoff between House Speaker Michael Madigan and Gov. Bruce Rauner. There isn't even a plan A for the state's budget, much less a plan B for CPS.
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CPS boss Forrest Claypool .. has been threatening to impose layoffs of as many as 5,000 teachers
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That's called a rounding error in California.
Sue the Democrat Party.
They have lots of money.
Claypool has been threatening to impose layoffs of as many as 5,000 teachers out of a total of nearly 22,000.
It’s a good start, only 17,000 to go.
ABOLISH GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, and let everybody PAY their own way when it comes to educating their children.
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