It's Friday and all is quiet at CPS. Not so much. The Chicago Public School system has filed at $65 million lawsuit against former school chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett and her SUPES partners. Mind you, the $65 million amount is larger than the amount they are claiming that they were defrauded. It is highly unlikely CPS will win such an award even if the parties are found guilty.
The whole mess deals with no bid contracts, kickbacks and other transgressions.
At a time of contract talks, budget reductions, pending financial deadlines, new charters on the horizon, a threatened strike by the teachers, cuts to staff and much more, the added lawsuit simply is one more black mark. If the district - and by that I mean all those in involved in CPS from students to staff to families - along with the city itself is to recover from the ongoing crisis it will take a herculean effort.
So sad.
Dick
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