It is a fact that many elementary schools are underutilized and have plenty of empty seats. As a side note, I can understand this situation in various neighborhoods amidst poverty, crime and neglect. But I digress.
Just because there are empty seats, it doesn't mean that great education and progress isn't being made at such schools. Look, if empty seats are the real problem (which I don't think is the bottom line) then one simple thing can take place while leaving a well functioning school in place in the community.
Close off the top floor or a section of the building. Seal it off! Don't use the space if it isn't warranted.
If you need twenty classrooms, rather than forty, then use the twenty.
Here's the deal...CPS is in debt. If you can close many dozens of schools under the veil of too many empty seats in the building then the brass can eliminate lunch, janitorial, teaching and administrative staff. Once you unload these hundreds of people and not have to pay bills for building maintenance then you can save money. I get it.
What CPS doesn't get is that many schools slated for closing ARE doing their jobs and doing them well.
Dick
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