More Millions Gone

Remember during COVID how Chicago Public Schools bought crap-tacular chrome books for every student to "learn" remotely? Tens of millions on sub-par computers with network connections that were worse than anything in existence at the time. They even had tracking software installed at tremendous expense, but refused to activate it when thousands (tens of thousands?) of devices were reported "lost."

The computers have started turning up:

• Thousands of electronic devices belonging to the Chicago Public Schools ended up overseas after being lost and stolen, according to a new report from the CPS Office of the Inspector General.

  At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when kids were learning from home, lost and stolen device numbers skyrocketed. But nearly five years later, lost and stolen electronic devices remain an issue that is costing CPS a lot of money when the school district is facing major budget issues.

  Altogether, tens of thousands of laptops, iPads, and cellphone hot spots were lost or stolen during the 2023-2024 school year.

  Thousands of those devices—bought and paid for with Chicagoans' tax dollars—have ended up in other countries.

  A total of 8,346 devices were detected outside of Illinois. A majority of them ended up overseas in 140 countries—including Azerbaijan, Barbados, China, Ethiopia, Jordan and Nicaragua.

No idea how all of these computers ended up in foreign countries without passports. Of course, we could say the same thing a couple years later when tens of thousands of illegals ended up here without passports.

But that seems to be a theme with democrats - support everyone else except Americans with tax dollars. Conehead will just raise taxes again to cover it.