Chicago Public Schools enrollment has plummeted by tens of thousands of students in recent years. A decade ago, over 400,000 children attended CPS. In the year just ended, enrollment was just 330,411.
With those troubling numbers in mind — not to mention the district’s own warnings about its dismal financial outlook — there must be extra scrutiny on big-ticket spending like the proposal for a $120 million new high school in the South Loop.
