After weeks of complaints that school budgets are being slashed at a time when kids need more resources to get through the pandemic, a school board member urged Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to better communicate the funding changes that he says are in fact leading to increased funding rather than cuts.
About 150 parents with several community groups rallied outside CPS’ Loop headquarters Wednesday ahead of the monthly Board of Education meeting to decry budget cuts at their schools. Many parents and educators have spent the past month having difficult conversations about teacher and support staff positions they would have to eliminate because their school was allocated fewer dollars for next school year.
