CPS Raises Taxes Again

And they raised them the maximum allowable:

• Chicago's part-elected, part-appointed school Board voted to raise property taxes. While it's a small amount, some Board members say any amount is too much during a time when some residents' property tax assessments have gone way up.

  While Chicago Public Schools doors are locked for winter break, the Chicago Board of Education is working. On Monday, Board members convened a special meeting to vote on raising the property tax levy.

  [...] CPS is allowed to raise the rate, but it is capped at the lower of either 5%, or the rate of inflation. When the district closed a $729 million budget deficit in August, it raised the levy slightly below the legal limit. Monday's vote was to raise it to the legal limit. All of Mayor Brandon Johnson's Board allies voted for the increase.

Remember, these are the jackasses keeping schools open AND FULLY STAFFED - schools built for 1,000 or more students, but attended by maybe 60 students in some cases, mostly on the west and south sides. And who are graduating kids completely unprepared for a modern workforce, unable to read at a sixth grade level.