CPS per student spending soars while private school excels on thin budget

CPS per student spending soars while private school excels on thin budget – Center Square

As an example, Douglass Academy High School on the West Side spent more than $93,000 per student. Douglass had about 35 students enrolled and a chronic absenteeism rate of 62 percent. Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski said the expenses will likely rise when Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union agree to a new contract. “Teachers are either going to get a 9 percent annual raise or a 12 percent annual raise. That’s what they’re fi…

CPS per student spending soars while private school excels on thin budget

(The Center Square) – Taxpayers are spending tens of thousands of dollars per student at public high schools in Chicago, and at two schools, the number is more than $100,000