King Sets Sights on CPS Budget Gap as Davis Gates Eyes Funding Increase, and CTU, SEIU Members Rally

Chicago Public Schools announce layoffs for dozens of staff members

Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs on Friday impacting over 100 employees and over 200 vacant positions, including many crossing guards.

CPS lays off 161, eliminates 209 positions to plug budget hole

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Chicago Public Schools Budget Deficit Rises To $734 Million, Interim CEO Says

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Interim Chicago Public Schools CEO pegs deficit at $730 million – Chicago Sun-Times

The new figure, announced Thursday by the CEO, includes a $175 million pension payment that Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to balance the city’s budget and has long wanted CPS to assume.

King sets sights on CPS budget gap as Davis Gates eyes funding increase, and CTU, SEIU members rally

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King was welcomed by both board members and the Chicago Teachers Union during her first CPS board meeting Thursday. She wasted no time addressing the issue looming over Chicago this summer—the budget. King announced the CPS budget deficit is $730 million. She told the board she's clear-eyed about the budget, and her focus is to prepare for the first day of school with stability and con…

Interim Chicago Public Schools CEO pegs deficit at $730 million

At her first meeting Thursday as interim leader of Chicago Public Schools, Macquline King pegged the school district’s budget deficit at $730 million, hundreds of millions more than her predecessor acknowledged.She said her first task will be “finalizing and passing the CPS budget in a way that is transparent, equitable and responsive to the needs of our schools and communities.” King said she will spend the coming weeks talking to “key stakehol…