“Here they are coming right back after they claimed they were going to save money [by closing schools] ... and yet they’re saying, ‘Oh by the way we didn’t save any money, now we’re going to have to slash the budget of every school in the system.” -- CTU's Jackson Potter
Chicago principals,
including those in charter schools, are still in shock after getting a glimpse of their shrunken school budgets and hearing Board President
Vitale's instructions to
"do more with less." That's the new mantra, now called
The CPS Way, dressed up with slick brochures and videos complete with a new
"5-Year-Plan". Many teachers and staff are already being told they will not be needed in the Fall.
“We fundamentally believe that all of our children are capable of success, and to ensure that success, every child must have equitable access to a high-quality education,” said Byrd-Bennett, accompanied at Westinghouse College Prep on Monday by a video called “The CPS Way” and a glossy, 25-page brochure titled
