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Posted on 07/15/2025 9:18:04 PM PDT by george76
There’s an old saying that goes, something that can’t go on forever won’t.
Chicago is now in the early stages of learning that this applies to their public school system. They’re facing a massive budget deficit of $734 million and are on pace to lay off almost 1,500 teachers and staffers.
Perhaps Mayor Brandon Johnson should have been more focused on delivering the services that American citizen taxpayers paid for and less on the needs of illegal immigrants and Chicago’s ‘sanctuary city’ status.
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Chicago Public Schools parents and community members sounded off on Monday, three days after the district announced more than 1,400 layoffs, including teachers, classroom assistants and security officers.
The first of five community listening sessions took place at Dyett High School, allowing parents a chance to provide input on the budgetary process following layoffs.
The district’s chief budget officer painted a grim picture of where Chicago schools stand.
“We are facing a budget deficit of $734 million for the 2025-2026 budget. In plainest terms, we are $734 million short of of potential expenses next year,” said Michael Sitkowski, CPS chief budget officer.
Feedback from the roundtable discussions is expected to help district officials make major budgetary decisions.
“For us to pass a balanced budget, this means we need to identify $734 million of additional resources or cost reductions,” he said.
So, those in attendance got to work. Parents, teachers, and even students, took a serious look at their biggest concerns.
This was entirely predictable, wasn’t it?
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If people in New York City want a glimpse of their future under a Mayor Zohran Mamdani administration, they need look no further than Chicago.
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But not one administrator.
That’s a shame.
Chicago Public Schools teachers were told by administrators to give migrant students passing grades..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4266136/posts
That's what I clicked in to say.
Heck the Superintendents and Principals will probably get raises.
What they gotta do is raise taxes, is what they gotta do.
> But not one administrator. <
Schools need teachers, aides, coaches, custodians, and cafeteria workers.
They don’t need layers of highly-paid administrators and consultants.
I can guess with some confidence which group will get the most cuts.
Exactly.
What’s wrong with this picture?!
Good maybe now those kids have a fighting chance
Democrats are incapable of self governance.
Failing schools at top dollar.
But look at the average IQ by nations and you’ll see why our major cities are failing. Stupid in = stupid out.
The just a portion of the corruption in shitcago...
Correct.
CPS currently spends $29,000.00 per student annually. That’s $870,000.00 per 30 student classroom.
Gotta support the overpaid pooh-bahs.
/s
Just raise taxes.
Well, that’s 1500 rotten teachers down the tube. Let’s hope they laid them off by lowest quality rather than length of time served. But I doubt it. Maybe the remaining ones will be scared enough to buckle down.
Don’t worry. Rural Illinois will foot the bill courtesy of Gov. Pritzker.
Naw. Illegal aliens provide drugs, prostitutes, campaign donations and critical votes.
Chicago will not be the last city to face this problem!
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