Here Comes the Pain
- Nearly 850 Chicago Public Schools employees received layoff notices Friday, hours after officials said they had identified $52 million in administrative and operational cuts to help close an estimated $1 billion deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.
Eliminating almost 100 central office positions and adopting more efficient building maintenance will help save $20.7 million, on top of $31.6 million in cuts announced earlier this year, officials said. They did not estimate how much the district might save through layoffs — most resulting from a Board of Education decision last month to close 50 schools and programs — because some workers will be eligible to reapply for other jobs.
And where did most of that $1 billion deficit come from?
- The nation's third-largest school district has been struggling to trim its deficit, which it said was inflated by a $400 million increase in its annual pension payments, salaries and flat or declining revenue.
Those pension "holidays" are coming home to roost.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
54 Comments:
Oh we're saving! And some of them will be able to apply for other jobs ( at a poverty wage no doubt) Ya didn't think it was gonna be an equiv job did ya?
Ha.
Saved $31 million but blown $55 mil on maggie park with zero accountability on ROI. Maggie park trains the next generation for the jobs of the future don't ya know?
And he's taken a page from Richie; whenever there's bad news, he bails out of Chicago, so he doesn't have to face the heat from the press.
He does it a lot.
And the politicians who thought pension holidays were a good idea should be held accountable.
Why should we suffer for the idiotic and corrupt decisions of our elected officials. .....oh yeah. .....we elected them.
Hey - wake up and watch what is going on in Detroit.
http://onpurposemagazine.com/2013/06/12/detroit-the-scared-straight-destination-for-city-administrators/
You will never see or hear these same politicians cut their own paycheck or benefits. Just blame the Teachers, Policemen and Firemen their evil money grabbing selfish scum. They always change the laws covering themselfs. The FEDS know this. I am wondering what Bill Daley is planning on selling that belongs to the state if he becomes Govenor. Remember he represented the parking meter company in front of the city council hearings when they had the best interest of Chicago and it's citizens and stated it was the best deal since sliced bread!
The pension holiday for police and fire end in FY 2015. Read Illinois state law SB 3538. As a matter of fact SCC should provide a link just to remind 9.5 and this city's lap dog media of the coming deadline.
Don't forget the $20 million boathouses. The boathouses his daughter uses for her private rowing at Clark. What a deal.
TIF by the hundreds of millions, but the City is broke whenever he and Daley need to scare people.
As 9.5 sits on his own stash of Millions, the middle class ( poor Bastards that we are) have to take layoffs and sweat if our pensions are going to be there!
Similar to the FOP " forgiveness" that happened years ago. I think it was about 20 to 25 million that the FOP " forgave". This happened not because of politicians but because of the FOP leadership .
And the politicians who thought pension holidays were a good idea should be held accountable.
Why should we suffer for the idiotic and corrupt decisions of our elected officials. .....oh yeah. .....we elected them.
Do you notice none of them are requiring the holiday money to be paid back. How much have they screwed us out of and other public employees? But its all our fault according to them.
Rahm is going to lose in the long run and hopefully take governor potato-head with him. This isn't NYC and he's losing the black vote. Obama can't save him.
If all these CPS teachers and staffers are losing their jobs, will there really be a reason for some CPS employees to get a residency waiver while working in 'need basis subject areas' and be able to live outside Chicago anymore?
It seems to me if there's surplus of SUPPLY (laid off CPS teachers/staffers) than a NEED (CPS teacher/staff vacancies) than there's NO DEMAND, hence no need basis anymore...
It's been reported anywhere from 28% to 46% (5880 to 9660) of the 21,000+ CPS teachers live outside Chicago at an avg. salary of $72,000 and that's between $423,360,000 to $695,520,000 PER YEAR of CPS teachers salaries committed to non-Chicago residents for use in another city's economy....and this is just teacher salaries not principal, assistant principal, counselor, clerk, and other CPS staffer salaries..
Even If you take out half of the amount of teachers' salaries of those living outside Chicago because they were grandfathered with the old CPS Residency Policy (hired before Nov. 20, 1996) and you still have 2940 to 4830 CPS teachers allowed residency waivers to take between $211,680,000 to $347,760,000 to use in another city's economy.
Here are the Areas Assessed as Special Needs:
Special Education Teachers
Mathematics Teachers
Science Teachers
Librarians (REALLY???)
Guidance Counselors (REALLY???)
School Nurses
Reading Teachers
Bilingual Teachers
Physical Education Teachers (THIS IS A JOKE!!!!)
School Psychologists
Speech Pathologists
ROTC
Sign Language Interpreters
Occupational & Physical Therapists
Health Service Nurses
World Language (Exclusively: Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Latin, Farsi)
Let the state pay their pensions like all the other school districts in the state thus saving the city 400 million.
But if you have an income you have to pay up to $6000 more for CPS PreK??!!
Where is the money going????
All you libtard people who work (or should I say used to work) for the Board of Ed and voted for Rahm don't complain because you got exactly what you voted for. Suck it up!
It would be interesting to see the breakdown by age and experience. My wife teaches at a CPS high school and there were major cuts at her school. She claims that most of the teachers were high on the seniority list. The Union busting tactic is to pink slip the older more experienced teachers and hire new young teachers who will burn out in three to four years. Daley gave the Principals tremendous power to pick and eliminate staff. Meanwhile, the mindset is to prepare the students for the ACT, ignoring the fact that most of the students need trade school training, not college. Rahm, Obama and Duncan still push college for everyone, ignoring the fact that many do not want to go to college and cannot handle it if they were to be accepted. My wife is required to teach Physics to Special Ed High School kids with Second Grade reading levels!
Detroit paying .10 on the dollar to pensions and Chicago is headed the same way. BOHICA
That's just great Mr. Mayor. Now with the savings maybe we can start another park. Perhaps one for Trayvon Martin? Or better yet let's do one for the Daley kids next. Or who was the guy who stole 60 million from our pension? Vanecko? Yeah, let's pay honor to him next.
Anonymous said...
Oh we're saving! And some of them will be able to apply for other jobs ( at a poverty wage no doubt) Ya didn't think it was gonna be an equiv job did ya?
Ha.
Saved $31 million but blown $55 mil on maggie park with zero accountability on ROI. Maggie park trains the next generation for the jobs of the future don't ya know?
6/16/2013 01:44:00 AM
They are building marrie daley park so homeless mumbling piss bums have a place to flop for the night. And former incompetent mayors. There has to be a dedication stone or monument to piss on.
so they have figured out where 5% of the cuts are coming from. what about the other 95%?
He wants to build a non need stadium to show rosemont not to mess with him millions to prove a point.
Yes the pension holidays are coming home to roost.
Those pension holidays were created by the thieving politicians yet it's the common worker who has to feel the pain. No politician is feeling any layoffs nor do they have any "skin in the game" while making , as Rahm says, " tough choices".
These thieving, weasels put everyone in this position with their malfeasance but now everybody but them must pay.
They really oughta be in jail.
Good Morning SCC. I would like your opinion on the following. Since our country is rapidly flowing in the direction of a big sewer. What would happen if say 1/2to 3/4 million patriotic Americans banded together in all 48 contigious states to take back our country by force? Do your readers think that the US military or police forces in the country would fire on American citizens in order to quell a rebellion?
Article in sundays paper where a downstate Illinois legislator compared the property taxes in Chicago versus those not in Chicago and the amount that goes for education. Interesting, you should read it and you will see how low the taxes are in this town . You can bet property taxes will rise a lot in the coming years to pay for education ( 1 billion in the hole) and pensions ( multi billions in the hole).
Anonymous said...
And the politicians who thought pension holidays were a good idea should be held accountable.
Why should we suffer for the idiotic and corrupt decisions of our elected officials. .....oh yeah. .....we elected them.
6/16/2013 03:01:00 AM
Yes, just blame the elected officials. How about the unions in this state who gave millions to the elected officials and who also signed off on pension holidays? The union leadership got what they wanted: more benefits for their members which ensured reelection of union officials who made lots of money from union dues. Blame everyone involved in this mess.
It's all about the children.
That pimp on the 5th floor
flings money around with
reckless abandon on trivial
B.S. but has no money for
schools and needs to raise
our property-tax to the
max to finance those that are left. How is the money
being spent and allocated ?
And charter schools are cropping up like weeds in a
vacant lot and being financed by the board of education. And that Byrd woman was brought in to do
his dirty work, just like Brizard was. Open-up the books and see where the TIF
money is being "shunted" to.
Money collected for schools
should not be used to finance downtown high-rises
or other pet-projects that
suit the mayor's fancy.
People of Chicago, wake-up
and smell the coffee and raise some righteous hell
about how your tax monies
are being wasted and you are
not reaping benefits from them. Remember, silence is acceptance.
Napolean is a very sore loser. His assault on the teachers union continues.
The spineless bastard slithers out of town so he's unavailable as the "bad news" is delivered.
Are the sheeple that elected this egotistical bastard happy yet??
But yet, this asshole mayor secured over what, 33 or 300 mil for river walk project from the fed? Fucked up priorities. If my roof is leaking, I wont spend money planting flowers. 1term this prick!
The big fat elephant in the room no one is talking about is the cost of the free breakfasts and lunches to the students.
Let's do some math here..
400,000 students @ $10 a day per student
$4 million a day to do something parents should be doing. Again news is terrified to report this.
$4 million x 200 school days=
$800,000,000 a year!!!
There is your school budget deficit. Just to feed the kids
:)
"The layoffs included about 550 teachers — both from schools that are closing and struggling academically — along with teacher assistants, bus aides, custodians and others."
Firing teachers from under performing schools is equivalent to firing every police officer that works in "under performing"districts.
Only if Gof Almighty gets involved can we be saced from these crooksd
And isn't that exactly what Rham proposed for the Sergeant's contract - a Pension Holiday?
You liberal jackasses ought to be ashamed of yourselves for electing this carpet bagging piece of shit.
I'd say he has no chance of re election but you assholes got Obama re elected. So enjoy.
Emmanuel reminds me of British Colonialism. All you tree huggers are so excited about his green programs and the establishment of miles and miles of bike lanes.
Wait. You pedaling wankers are next. He sucks you in and wham. Triple bike enforcement fines. Triple bike enforcement. Register your bike and pay me. Lock up your bike in the city and pay me.
You liberals would be goose stepping with the Nazis in '39.
If CPS wanted to save money by cutting salary, they should start firing teachers in violation of the CPS Residency Policy. I, personally, know of (6) CPS teachers in violation, they are:
- 1 PE teacher at Lane College Prep
- 1 PE Teacher at Curie
- 1 Music Teacher at Lake View
- 3 Music Teachers at Taft.
The crazy part here is (3) of them are heads of the departments (2-Music, 1-PE) at each of their schools and are suppose to monitor others in regards to the CPS Residency Policy.
And, (4) of these teachers living outside of Chicago are listed on http://chicago.blockshopper.com
None of the (6) teachers are grandfathered from the old CPS Residency Policy (hired before November 20, 1996) which allows them to live outside Chicago at any time.
The (2) PE Teachers could have gotten residency waivers to live outside Chicago if they were originally hired and living outside Chicago. However, both of them initially listed Chicago as their residences and then moved outside Chicago, which put them in violation of the CPS Residency Policy.
Hell, one music teacher lives in WISCONSIN.
What does CPS do about the 6? NOTHING!!
And, I checked the www.bettergov.org website and each are avergaing $80,000, $8000 more than the CPS teacher averages.
So, this is $480,000 in CPS Teacher salaries going to goofs that lied about where they lived, had the ego to continue living outside Chicago, and are looked upon to teach CPS students.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The big fat elephant in the room no one is talking about is the cost of the free breakfasts and lunches to the students.
Let's do some math here..
400,000 students @ $10 a day per student
$4 million a day to do something parents should be doing. Again news is terrified to report this.
$4 million x 200 school days=
$800,000,000 a year!!!
There is your school budget deficit. Just to feed the kids
:)
6/16/2013 11:29:00 AM
Schools get Federal funding for that food. It can't be used to pay teachers or pensions or heating bills or textbooks. Try again.
It's for the children! Watch this minus digit little weasel do his union busting. He is gearing up for the teamsters, laborers, cfd, fLop.
Pull a famous democrat ploy. Cut the teachers or cut the breakfast and lunches. Its all for the children.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
If CPS wanted to save money by cutting salary, they should start firing teachers in violation of the CPS Residency Policy. I, personally, know of (6) CPS teachers in violation, they are:
- 1 PE teacher at Lane College Prep
BLAH,BLAH,BLAH..................................6/16/2013 03:43:00 PM
Hey get some business of your own.WTF.Sounds like you're stalking these teachers and trying to get the fired.Put your great detective skills to good use and go find a life.
Do your readers think that the US military or police forces in the country would fire on American citizens in order to quell a rebellion?
6/16/2013 09:56:00 AM
Google Kent State Massacre,Waco Massacre,MOVE from Philly.The government takes a dim view of insurrection and revolution,armed or otherwise.Best case scenario.....if you survive your attempt to overthrow the government,you'll probably face sedition charges.
To: The big fat elephant in the room no one is talking about is the cost of the free breakfasts and lunches to the students.
Let's do some math here..
400,000 students @ $10 a day per student
$4 million a day to do something parents should be doing. Again news is terrified to report this.
$4 million x 200 school days=
$800,000,000 a year!!!
There is your school budget deficit. Just to feed the kids
From: You summed it up! I'm sick of paying for CPS loser kids. Let the kids baby daddy pick up cans on the street for money to pay for their kids food instead of smoking dro.
Obummer go back to Indonesia with the transsexual nanny that showed you how to eat dog.
America
Schools get Federal funding for that food. It can't be used to pay teachers or pensions or heating bills or textbooks. Try again.
And that money comes from the Tooth Fairy? Last I checked, it was still being deducted from our paychecks....you get a paycheck right?
This attitude of "fuck that guy, I gots mine" is contemptible. Just because I have to deal with shitheads, doesn't mean I have to think like one.
I hate 9.5 but I can't support the teachers either. CPS doesn't need teachers, it needs jailers. The entire CPS is a shitshow. The way to determine seriousness of this entire thing: How many admin weasels got cut?
Good Morning SCC. I would like your opinion on the following. Since our country is rapidly flowing in the direction of a big sewer. What would happen if say 1/2to 3/4 million patriotic Americans banded together in all 48 contigious states to take back our country by force? Do your readers think that the US military or police forces in the country would fire on American citizens in order to quell a rebellion?
6/16/2013 09:56:00 AM
nice try, asshole.
and you post this worm on a hook on Father's Day.
pathetic.
Schools get Federal funding for that food. It can't be used to pay teachers or pensions or heating bills or textbooks. Try again.
6/16/2013 05:48:00 PM
So they are completely wasting my FEDERAL taxes, not my local taxes. Yep, I feel so much better knowing that.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
If CPS wanted to save money by cutting salary, they should start firing teachers in violation of the CPS Residency Policy. I, personally, know of (6) CPS teachers in violation, they are:
- 1 PE teacher at Lane College Prep
BLAH,BLAH,BLAH..................................6/16/2013 03:43:00 PM
Hey get some business of your own.WTF.Sounds like you're stalking these teachers and trying to get the fired.Put your great detective skills to good use and go find a life.
6/16/2013 10:46:00 PM
I did use my finely honed west side detective skills to find out about these 'precious' CPS, $80K teachers and all I had to do is read this blog, target the most probable departments, key in some names of people from each school, (It's not that hard), and POOF!!!!
The information, all in matter of 20 minutes or less to find the information on the six of them.
Now, you have to wonder what CPS Investigators are doing. Though, they'd rather go after kids living outside the district as there's a payday to CPS for that as catching CPS teachers in violation just ruins their careers and puts them out of work. But, if these 'precious' teachers lose their jobs, it's because of their own stupidity and ego, thinking they'd never be caught.
If CPS does cut these 6 teachers loose and hire newbies, then that saves CPS $30K (or $180K total) a piece in teacher salaries....So, where's my finder's fee????
BTW: Now, it's time to do your police work...
What former NFL player working for CPS (not a teacher) lives in Alsip, IL and was hired after November 20, 1996 and not grandfathered into the old CPS Residency Policy?
Here's your search engines:
www.zabasearch.com
www.address.com
http://chicago.blockshopper.com
www.bettergov.org.
www.thechampion.org
Time alloted: 10 minutes.
Good Luck!!!
Anonymous said...
Good Morning SCC. I would like your opinion on the following. Since our country is rapidly flowing in the direction of a big sewer. What would happen if say 1/2to 3/4 million patriotic Americans banded together in all 48 contigious states to take back our country by force? Do your readers think that the US military or police forces in the country would fire on American citizens in order to quell a rebellion?
6/16/2013 09:56:00 AM
Moron. Do you not read the news? Do you not understand that the NSA monitors your communications? Do you not know that you would be the first to be rounded up because of what you just asked?
Anonymous said...
To: The big fat elephant in the room no one is talking about is the cost of the free breakfasts and lunches to the students.
Let's do some math here..
400,000 students @ $10 a day per student
$4 million a day to do something parents should be doing. Again news is terrified to report this.
$4 million x 200 school days=
$800,000,000 a year!!!
There is your school budget deficit. Just to feed the kids
From: You summed it up! I'm sick of paying for CPS loser kids. Let the kids baby daddy pick up cans on the street for money to pay for their kids food instead of smoking dro.
Obummer go back to Indonesia with the transsexual nanny that showed you how to eat dog.
America
6/16/2013 11:26:00 PM
You're sick of paying for poor kids to eat,but not wealthy oil tycoons? How about corporate farms? Get real.
It doesn't matter who you're suggesting lives outside Chicago in CPS Sports Administration and here's why:
All CPS Sports Administrators were told they were being laid off on June 28th. If they would like, they could re-apply for their job.
CPS already cut the staff, gave the remaining staff a $20,000 pay cut, and CPS will be seeking another $20,000 pay cut.
And, I just saw the regional AD posting. CPS has screwed up everything else and now interscholastic sports can join the list. Other districts require a type 75 for a "school" athletic director who is also an asst. principal. CPS doesn't. They're not even requiring you to be a certified teacher for the "regional" athletic director position. So what kind of sports programs can we expect to see? It should be interesting. They tell me the guy running the city's sports never worked in sports administration (He's the former assistant princiapl at Hyde Park HS).
You're sick of paying for poor kids to eat,but not wealthy oil tycoons? How about corporate farms? Get real.
I'm sick of paying for anyone not me or my family. Stop with the false choice bullshit.
Anonymous said...
You're sick of paying for poor kids to eat,but not wealthy oil tycoons? How about corporate farms? Get real.
I'm sick of paying for anyone not me or my family. Stop with the false choice bullshit.
6/18/2013 01:02:00 AM
How is that a false choice? Show me one wealthy person that turned down government money?
What former NFL player working for CPS (not a teacher) lives in Alsip, IL and was hired after November 20, 1996 and not grandfathered into the old CPS Residency Policy?
The answer is Mickey Pruitt.
How is that a false choice? Show me one wealthy person that turned down government money?
It's typical Alinsky false choice because they want one OR THE OTHER.
The correct answer is fuck both of 'em. Or as they said down in North Cacalacky, "Fuck all y'all."
Pruitt lives in Chicago now too, but, at one time he was only living in Alsip in violation of the CPS Residency Policy at one time, does that count and can it be enforced on him after the fact?
I would think that would save $74,807 (+ the rest of Robeson Mafia both Pruitt and Roy Curry got jobs for) in salary for CPS if they bumped him. Is Robeson Mafia member Jamie Spraggins still working for CPS too?
And, what does Fabray Collins ($33,328), another Robeson Mafia member, do for CPS at Robeson HS as a School Assistant?
BTW: Where does former King basketcaller Levertis Robinson ($74,200) and former Julian football coach J. W. Smith's son (Thomas - $74,200)) who work for CPS Asministration live?
Also, where (Now get this...does CPS really need this position?) CPS swim coordinator Kevin McCray ($65,070) live?
All these guys working in these positions for CPS are examples of waste throughout CPS and why our property taxes will get raised up to the tilt.
I generally am not on the side of Chicago teachers as I find them to be inefficient, overpaid and enablers of greed and corruption by bribing our legislators. But, I cannot understand the system that they are under. If you are hired by the Chicago Public Schools then you are an employee of CPS, not the school that you are assigned to. What is this BS that when a school closes you are laid off and must reapply for a job at another school? If the police department did that then all of those officers who were in 021 would have been laid off? That is BS.
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