Public hearings are again underway within the various communities across Chicago with respect to...what else, facilities!! The 2011 law passed by the State of Illinois requires that CPS must come up with a 10 year facilities plan and they have to have it ready by Oct. 1st.
One of the things most troubling about part of the contents of the 10 year plan is the fact that CPS has already recognized - are you ready for this? - that some schools are overcrowded. Yes, overcrowded. Worse yet, CPS will put out the word for those to come forward with proposals for charter schools in these overcrowded schools.
More charters? I am tired of CPS simply giving over more of its responsibility to run public education within the city. We are coming to the point where 'true' public schooling will no longer take place within inner cities in this country.
Everyone seems to want to fault the kids or teachers if a school 'fails.' It is time to hold public officials accountable for failing the students, their families and the staffs who run the schools.
Dick
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