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Originally Posted by galleyfox
I think it's the things that are unsaid in the contract that tell the real story.
--There's a charter school moratorium but not a school closure moratorium.
--Classroom sizes are capped at 28-32, but only a few North and Southwest side schools are actually overcrowded while South side schools are half-empty. In a school district with ranked choice.
--Nurses, ect. being added but only in limited numbers.
--On top of that, current birth rates show the eligible student population dropping by at least 30%.
In other words, the CTU union leaders have knowingly left the door wide open for school closures either by force or natural attrition when the financial squeeze really hits. But they've done so in a way that they can still protest CPS when the time comes.
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Looks like CTU didn't really get anything.
There are very few schools with the 40+ classroom size that CTU kept harping about. I have never seen a class size over 30 other than Gym in High School. The system will need to close schools in the near future, if not now, so I could care less if we don't open more charters for the next 5 years. As long as we can close schools that are 50% utilized.
So it was really about money and political power.
Good negotiating Mayor Lightfoot!
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