Close these Money-Pits
How long have we been pointing this out? Ten years? More?
Proposed cuts, furloughs and a spending freeze are part of Chicago Public Schools' budget plan as the district works to balance its finances, but the proposal does not include school closures because of an ongoing moratorium.
The issue has renewed debate over the cost of keeping severely under-enrolled schools open, including Frederick Douglass High School on the city's West Side.
The school, which can hold about 900 students, now has around 30 students enrolled.
And we all know exactly who is to blame for all this waste:
"It's costing CPS about $94-95,000 a year per student at this school," Ferguson said.
According to Ferguson, the average cost per CPS student is typically about $18,000. He also noted that the Chicago Teachers Union contract requires certain staffing levels regardless of enrollment.
"We're talking about 30 students. We're talking about 30 full-time employees for a student-teacher ratio of one-to-one," Ferguson said.
And of those 30 students, guess how many read, write and math at grade level? Go ahead, guess.
We don't have the answer, but someone probably does. And someone probably has that link we used to use with all of the under-enrolled schools that are wasting literally tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions or scarce taxpayer dollars for pretty much zero return on the "investment."
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
32 Comments:
Good! Close more schools. Defund them or do whatever it takes to save the taxpayer from paying for these learing centers. Not another tax raise because they want to invest in the children. Period! Everyone knows now that it goes to bloated upper management salaries and liberal political action committees.
Come Monday, the teachers’ union will have their lawyers present in court to prevent the layoffs. The union’s primary concern is preserving the dues that would otherwise be forfeited if the layoffs proceed.
No reporting of these half empty schools by the TV Stations or newspapers. How sad.
And of those 30 students, guess how many read, write and math at grade level? Go ahead, guess.
Why learn or work when you can twerk
When the liberal media is calling it out for end of the Democrats and they see the billions of dollars that is wasted, and yet the mayor, the idiot that is the CEO of the city of Chicago let’s this go! But then again they use the money the taxpayers gave them to buy the mayor his office. At least the governor used mom and dad‘s billions of dollars spending 150,000,000+ to buy the governor‘s office was that taxpayers money he used mom and dad.
the testing showed that 5 out of 3 students were proficient in math
A lot of Engineers in those empty schools sleeping until retirement
The teachers in Chicago have no accountability to anyone and the kids stuck in the system pay the price and lose the opportunities a good education provides
All brought to you by Socialist Democrats
"""And of those 30 students, guess how many read, write and math at grade level? Go ahead, guess."""
The better question to ask is...
How many of the TEACHERS can read, write and do math at grade level?
As a contractor, I have been inside many Chicago schools; some are well-maintained, many are OK, and more than a few are just a place for slugs to hide.
One had a door switch that signaled when someone was approaching the engineer's office; occasionally, I had to service his computer.
The guy would clock in on time, make a show of walking the building, and read Zane Grey for an hour or two, disappear for an hour through a basement door next to the parking lot... also had a cot setup in a basement storage room.
Most adults in the building were familiar with his schedule.
His friends were allowed to use his basement door to avoid the time clock.
Yep.
CPS is hoping the borders open again and then they can fill the schools with illegal aliens who have far-left communist ideologies already.
It’s time to cut the CTU off at the knees. This group is full of assholes that think they can have the world just by striking. Fuck these idiots and anyone that supports them.
Sounds like vouchers would be more efficient. Send kids to better schools and cost less.
No many
Lmao
Twerk is yuk.
Douglas is the closest school to Mayor Johnson’s home. Guess how many of his kids go there? None!
There isn’t enough kids going there for clubs, sports etc. They have one team, no joke. A dance team that twerks and shit!!
Lol
How many so-called indoctrination specialist live outside the city so many of them they could terminal them and save probably $100 million but yet they will not go after them because of the coward that is the mayor is too scared. He’s like a scared little girl in the corner, taking all those pills for his anxiety.
Most of these schools are one step away from prisons.
175k a year
Turn them into neighborhood casinos. Teach the children to gamble responsibly. All profits to police pensions.
9:46:39…….democrat scum will open the borders and admit 40 million destitute third worlders the next time they’re in power. Our biggest enemy is within.
If I could read I’d tell you.
"Our biggest enemy is within". They are the enemy and they are called Democrats.
7/18/2026 05:52:48 PM
Media does not report truth. They only report the approved narrative.
Hey, keep it down over there. I am trying to get some sleep.
Remote teaching worked during Covid, assign a teacher assistant to classroom and learning. One teacher for each school for math , history, gym,English and social studies. No more than 5 teachers per school. One administrator for every 100 teachers
On July 10, 1981, Anger Mikva referred to the public school system as (sic) "the most dismal institution in our country."
Ms. Mmmmmhhhhmm say: " Y'all gonna have Kitty Glitter?"
Start closing all inactive - low active Chicago Public Libraries. Waste of taxpayer dollars.
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