For anyone following CPS school budgets, my open records request for what was provided to principals was denied (as suspected). LSCs have until May 3 (next Friday) to vote on them and send back to budget office.

When he was running for mayor, Johnson was adamant and clear that keeping the Bears shouldn’t come with a multibillion dollar bill for taxpayers.

This week Johnson says his support is “not at all” inconsistent with his progressive platform or roots: wbez.org/stories/johnso…

NEWS: Illinois' children are experiencing delays in early intervention services due to staffing shortages. Here is what you should know:
chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

How many migrant students are enrolled in Chicago Public Schools? The exact number is hard to pin down, but it may be between 9,000 and 17,000. As more immigrant students enroll, a more accurate picture is starting to form. Read more in @ChalkbeatCHI.
chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

Illinois lawmakers are considering extending a moratorium on school closures and preventing changes at selective enrollment and magnet schools until 2027, when a fully elected school board is sworn in. Read more in @ChalkbeatCHI. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

Read this story: More than 4,000 children are waiting to get evaluated for early intervention services. Getting children these services can make a big difference in their educational trajectory. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

We’re so excited to host CPS students in chambers today for our Next Gen City Council program! This partnership with CPS - Chicago Public Schools allows us to give students firsthand experiences in local government. #WeRunCouncil

Schools built classrooms and hired teachers to educate bumper crops of babies born in 2000s, and now there are too few kids. Kids born in the first cohort of declining births are now in 10th grade. This is the enrollment cliff that colleges are going to confront soon.

Tough to hear about challenges some of our kids face on a daily basis. Proud of these three for being brave enough to talk about it openly & remain committed to improving their communities. WTTW - Chicago PBS After School Matters Communities United Mikva Challenge news.wttw.com/2024/04/23/chi…

Chicago will elect school board members for the first time in November. CPS parents, tell us what you need to hear from the candidates! WBEZ airtable.com/appntMqi8irasU…

Go Pack Go 😇

.WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times are doing a survey. CPS parents, tell us your questions for Chicago’s school board candidates! airtable.com/appntMqi8irasU…

'So with no clear sources of new revenue, it appears CPS is redistributing existing funding from some schools to others, based on a WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis and interviews with school leaders. The district has so far refused to publicly release the budgets for broader analysis.'

CPS’s selective and magnet schools appear to take a budget hit under new equity funding formula Sarah Karp Nader Issa wbez.org/stories/cpss-s…

Chi Public Schools says no type of school being hit harder than others. But parents say principals present a different picture. AND CPS REFUSES TO RELEASE SCHOOL BUDGETS to the press. Where is the transparency?
wbez.org/stories/cpss-s…

A powerful first-person account of how the botched FAFSA rollout brought tears and uncertainty to this year's college admissions process. Grateful we spotlight these kinds of stories with Gabrielle Birkner's expert hand guiding them into existence.

A new Summer EBT program from the state of Illinois will give more than 1.15 million eligible children a one-time benefit of $120 to purchase food over the summer when school is out.

Learn more: bit.ly/3UtS6kZ

#Foodinsecurity #Chicago #SummertimeChicago

Chicago is using $5 million in pandemic relief money to offer one-time, $500 grants to low-income families of students with disabilities.

During the announcement, Mayor Johnson acknowledged the uneven impact that COVID had on kids with disabilities: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

Accurate.

Adding a few…
-I Knock on People’s Doors.
-Fresh Out The Press Conference
-How Did It End?

thetriibe.com/2024/04/less-m… From The TRiiBE via TheTriibe’s RomeJ. I'm exhausted talking about As The Radio Turns: the ongoing WBEZ / Vocalo Radio 91.1 drama (and to be fair, CPM management is likely tired of hearing from me), but since current employees can't do press, put me in, coach...