About Damn Time
The Agenda Review Committee for the Chicago School Board held a meeting Wednesday after Chicago Public Schools announced a plan this week to cut jobs and increase class sizes for the 2026-27 school year, citing a $732.5 million budget deficit as it closes out this school year.
In a letter sent to families and staff Monday, CPS leaders outlined what they describe as a major budget deficit caused by declining enrollment, rising operational costs and inadequate state and federal funding.
During a news conference prior to Wednesday’s meeting, School Board members expressed frustration with the budget deficit and the impact it’ll have on CPS schools and students.
How has it gotten so out of control?
Since 2019, CPS added more than 9,700 staff positions. At the same time, it has seen a decline of 45,000 students.
So for every five students that left, CPS hired one person?
How the Hell does that work?
They should have been reducing staff every year.
But here comes Indiana's very own communist property tax cheater Stacy Davis Gates:
The Chicago Teachers Union, meanwhile, is blaming state lawmakers for failing to fully fund schools, saying that CPS is only funded at 73% of what the state considers adequate.
Stacy Davis Gates, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, is calling for the district to lobby Springfield, saying there are not enough job cuts to make up for a lack of state funding. The union said CPS is funded at 73% of what the state considers adequate.
Not enough job cuts? We can see 9,700 that shouldn't even exist for starters.
Combine that with schools that operate at under 10% of capacity while fully staffed....there's PLENTY of room for cuts. You just need to sharpen the axe.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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The communists use the school systems for money laundering and payouts just like the federal government communists use not-for-profit organizations. It’s exactly the same thing. Just a facade of legality to pump out billions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of supportive communists through bogus jobs and contracts that are NOT NEEDED!
I pray a honest adult gets voted in one day as mayor who then takes a meat cleaver to this cancerous communist organization.
Gotta bring on more Dems to the loyal Dem voter base-9,700 at what pay base? Doing what jobs? Since they not be educating the younguns, just churning out can’t read, can’t write, can’t do math failures with their 31% up-to-grade ability rate and the 60% chronic absenteeism rate.
SEIU saw a chance to increase its union.
The CTU and COS both need a good audit.
The wells dry bitch. Go down to Georgia and play with the other delusional retard.
I'll believe it when it actually happens!
I know you all belong to a union. But in a union, especially a teachers union, the goal is political power, and that comes from having members. Cuts mean less members and less political power. No one ever loses a job.
Every school that is open with 50% or less capacity should be closed! It's insane that CPS has schools with more staff than students. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-spends-a-lot-on-empty-desks/
The epitome of a wretch
Fuck those communist bastards.
CTU, Stacey and BJ are the problem empowered by greedy Democrat legislature and a inept governor.
All Democrats!
The inadequate funding by the state that she claims only means Trump cut off their money laundering scheme of tax payer dollars. Let's see..school enrollment drops and 30% of schools are half to less than half full, forgot to mention that and you increase staff by almost 10,000. That's like a company saying they are losing money, business has been down but we're going to hire more employees. Oh wait, CPS does rank 47 out of 50 states in deplorable math performance. Go figure!
you can't fire me!! I'm the assistant to the assistant to the assistant deputy in the lesbian folk dancing study group
These people are thieves. It’s beyond this…. The Illinois Department of Education went to Equity Based Funding for schools. A school districts EBF determination is driven by formula-based calculations "applied uniformly” to every district statewide, based on district-specific data related to enrollment, student need, local resources, and regional cost factors.
This will only benefit CPS. I know of school districts in the suburbs that have lost $5+ million in funding due to EBF. Where do you think that funding is going?
So in essence, suburban homeowners are still paying the same amount or more in property taxes (which are driven by schools) yet lose funding for their schools and is given to CPS. Suburban taxes dollars help fund CPS and that’s a fact.
But never forget the cunning of Stacy smart enough to live in Indiana extremely intelligent enough to send her children to private school because she knows how bad the indoctrination centers are that does nothing but ruins the children. Using that money, which is taxpayers money to buy the office of the mayor of the city of Chicago at least a delusional trust fund, baby governor, used his money and daddy‘s money hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the governor’s mansion, not taxpayers money at least as far as we Know. The mayor will never allow this because that is what keeps him in power the money from the taxpayers because obviously he’s another delusional moron that has no actual economic sense. Democrats are the root of all evil they could close the schools easily without any problem at all. What about all the school buses? How much is that costing us? How many billions is wasted there also? The kids cannot even read. It is a communist organization anyone that sends their children to this garbage dumpsters needs mental help also especially if you’re a police officer and you know what goes on in these institutions the most precious thing we have is our children and if you’re going to let this happen to your kids, please seek mental help
CPS is in a deficit and they are hiring thousands more??? No wonder why CPS students cant do basic math!
CPS hired 8000 additional staff with COVID $.
EIGHT THOUSAND with funds they knew were temporary!
And CPS will go on strike before a single one of them lose their jobs
Fatass could fund the entire CPS all by himself. Why doesn’t he?
No shit Sherlock !
But she is smart enough to live in Indiana and send her children the private schools, knowing what a dumpster fire Chicago Public schools are
Yet still not closing schools with few students in them.
No matter how much money Stacey gets it will never be enough.
"How the Hell does that work?"
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CTU put their puppet in the mayor's office. That's how it works.
Same where I retired from in Wisconsin. 1 boss for every "commoner." Best the "assistants" or "deputy" assistants could do was parrot their bosses. In my union grievances, when I got to the top, I was told by the head "I'm surrounded by suck ups and yes men!" Still exchange Christmas cards. When I left, I told the head of the place, "you have some idiots in management." Reply: "I know!" I think this is quite possible anywhere. Horrible "yes sir" mentality. SCC: Always, always excellent reporting! Job well done.
Lesbian folk dancing is imperative to a good education.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
"Suburban tax dollars help fund CPS and that's a fact."
As do the other school districts in IL even after many have lived within their means - or CONSOLIDATED.
added 9700 employees with 45,000 less students? poor management. close schools that have less than 50% of students.
I myself am wondering when we'll start hearing about ATM cash deserts in black neighborhoods. Apparently CPS still teaches where the cash is...
Close these schools where 100 students occupy a space and resources for 800 students
CPS has become a scam for workers who feel that an entitlement is the only way to go through life. I say audit the school system, and DOGE their operation. There is plenty of waste fraud and abuse there.
No matter how large classes are in CPS, it doesn’t matter. Since there is a 40% chronic absence rate, not that many students show up for class every day. So no overcrowding.
Empty schools should be closed. Waste of taxpayers money and a jobs program for CTU. Sick of SDG as her hair is always on fire over all the issues. Time to give the act a rest. We see through the scam.
Did any adult at CPS or at home know that this little darling was out hunting on Tuesday afternoon?
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/boy-14-violently-carjacked-75-year-old-woman-downtown-police-say.html
Which of the CPS officials and school staff are responsible for student attendance? They can clearly get rid of all of them. They should be fired for failure to perform minimum functions of their roles, but budget cuts would work just as well.
Since they are short of kids maybe the single moms need to get themselves impregnated to create more students Instead of a march they should have an orgy in the park sponsored by CPS and the mayors office Then a special coed midnight basketball tournament after
If they do strike immediately cancel all members health insurance until they come back. It will be the shortest strike in history.
Seiu is a criminal enterprises
don' they let a bunch of people go everyy end of the school year because of budget issues and then hire a bunch at the beginning of the school year in a 'we are doing it for the children' attitude? How many are just rehires?
Marshall H.S. Was built in 1895, one hundred and thirty one years ago. It has a capacity of over 2500 students, but currently has about 300 students registered. Boasting three gymnasiums, full athletic fields for football/soccer baseball and tennis, with parking for over 200 cars, it is obvious that the facility, though fully staffed, is underutilized. One would think that this large chunk of acreage, adjacent to the Eisenhower Xway, and two El lines could be sold, re-purposed and returned to the tax rolls. How’s about it Mr. Mayor?
Thanks, but I prefer Encyclopedia Brown.
In fairness, her girlfriend is afraid to live in Chicago with the very students Gates represents...
Prickster knows about the fraud and abuse. He will fight tooth and nail to keep it that way. It’s the democratic way.
Keep trying, Watson.
"Since 2019, CPS added more than 9,700 staff positions. At the same time, it has seen a decline of 45,000 students.
So for every five students that left, CPS hired one person?"
Without filing a FOIA to figure it out, it sounds exactly like a bunch of kids claimed they had Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) and required "Coordinators" to ensure the plan was executed properly.
Had the same problem up in the Northern 'Burbs - bunch of rip off artists, the lot of 'em.
Besides the Teachers, you have the unions for the Janitors, "Stationary Engineers", Principals, Superintendents (and their assistants), and the cafeteria providers.
Everyone's getting their beak wet off this taxpayer BOHICA bullshit.
They may have to get rid of all the CPS in order to pay for this.......
https://x.com/IlliniJen/status/2054587465256591472
An educational system that exists more for the employees than the students. Disgusting waste and fraud.
How about use it for midnight basketball
And create more taxeaters!!
Brandon just announced that he will not close any schools. That is a big FU to the taxpayer. I just hope (but doubt) that the voters will return the favor at the next mayoral election.
46,000 employees, including teachers, of which almost 10,000 were just added with Covid Funds in the last few years. That’s almost a 30% increase!!!! Adding 10,000 on 36,000 to get 46,000 is almost 30%!!! That is insane with student headcount decreasing … even if it was just five less students! Who’s running this operation?!?!???
"political power"?
Gee, any union?
No difference between unions being employed by business requiring customers to fund them, and those employed by governments not so burdened by customers being their source of funds?
An example of no competion = no problemo?
That’s 9,700 new Democrat voters who will be indoctrinated in Marxian philosophy. The CTU is working diligently to usher in communism via more and more government employment.
Education choice vouchers ! Fuck all these self serving leftist communists sons of bitches !
Think about all the illegals who came over with their children.No one benefits, but CTU does because many more children are put into the school system to be brainwashed.
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