Even if the CTU accepts the school districts contract counter offer, it will cost taxpayers over $3 billion over four years guaranteeing property tax increases each year to their state limit.
Barely half the schools $10 billion budget currently finds its way to the schools. The other $5 billion goes to fund the massive bureaucracy, bloated administrative staff and debt.
While district already spends over $30,000 per student, barely half is actually spent on instruction and half the district’s full time employees (over 22,000) are not teaching.
Despite 10% enrollment loss and closing schools 78 straight weeks, district added 9,000+ positions since 2019. Yet, only 13% were teachers.
By contrast, despite well over 50% increase in “reported” violent crime (2019-2024), the city eliminated over 2,100 public safety positions including 1,700 police officers.
