A closed Chicago public school turned private, and it’s now draining taxpayer dollars

Dozens of parents, organizers and supporters hold posters and chant during a protest in April 2022 outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in the Loop where they rallied against budget cuts. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

I am writing to commend the reporters who worked on the story profiling the closed Chicago Public Schools buildings. It demonstrates the folly of this policy and its devastating impact on the surrounding communities.

However, I would like to add some information about what happened to the Key School when the Field School took over the facilities. The article about this private Christian school does not mention that 79 of 199 (40%) of students at the school received vouchers from the Invest in Kids tax credit “scholarship” program last school year, and 76 of 220 (35%) this year.