Well Isn't that just Great

Now there's a great idea...NOT!!

CPS is now determining exactly how many children are attending each school within the system on the 10th day of school.   That 10th day just happens to be today.   CPS is counting heads on the 10th day rather than the 20th day as in the past.   In turn, the principals of the schools will know how much money they will have to work with for the remainder of the school year based on an equal amount of dollars doled out for each child..

Prior to the start of the school year principals were handed funds based on student enrollment projections.  As of today, if the projections come up short then principals will have to make cuts.   If a school has more students than originally anticipated then they will receive additional funds.

This is crazy!   Okay, a school needs more staff as they have more students.   That makes sense.   But to trim more staff after the school year has commenced is senseless and wrong.   This scenario, potentially, means that a second grader, who is already accustomed to his/her teacher, may one day soon see that he/she won't have that teacher.

You also might, likely, have a situation in which there are two classes of 22 students in third grade.   A principal, because total enrollment is less than projected, could well have to cut one of the third grade teachers.   Yes, that means that 44 students would be in one classroom.

It seems as though the cuts and decisions made by the CPS brass are never ending.   That's too bad as it's the students and teachers who suffer.

Dick