https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juic...rty-tax-relief
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Mayoral hopeful State Rep. Kam Buckner is out with his plan for schools. It features:
- Spending increases on pre-K programs.
- Placing at least one nurse, one librarian and one social worker in every school.
- Expanded vocational programming for kids who do not want to go to college.
- And a closer partnership with Chicago City Colleges.
Buckner is an ally of the Chicago Teachers Union and many of his proposals parallel positions the union has taken. For his plan to work, CPS will need an additional $436 million a year from the state, but Buckner said he's working on that.
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I could get onboard with this plan, but you can't do it without consolidating the schools under 25% capacity. The compromise is fewer schools, with more resources in each school. It's an actual win-win for students and taxpayers. I don't see the CTU agreeing to something so reasonable.
The longer I live here, the more I realize both the CTU and CPD are the true impediments to improving quality-of-life.