Some Chicago City Council members are voicing concerns that Chicago Public Schools is disproportionately making budget cuts to top-performing schools in favor of increasing funds for under-enrolled neighborhood schools.
Some Chicago City Council members are voicing concerns that Chicago Public Schools is disproportionately making budget cuts to top-performing schools in favor of increasing funds for under-enrolled neighborhood schools.Alderman Timmy Knudsen of the 43rd Ward highlighted the impact on LaSalle Language Academy, a magnet school in Old Town, which is set to lose several foreign language instructors under the cuts unveiled by CPS on Tuesday.
"When you’re cutting high-performing schools and then adding nine positions to a school that has 35 students — what are we doing?" Beale asked. "It’s highway robbery. We’re robbing Peter to pay Paul."Mayor Brandon Johnson defended the push for more funding for neighborhood schools like Douglass."Now we have a formula that allows us to address the need for equity," Johnson said at an unrelated news conference.
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