Just another day in Chicago

Chicago Public Schools-Unionized
Average Teacher Salary Rank: 4th
Starting Teacher Salary Rank: 20th
Salary raise last year: 2.8 %
Salary raise over 10 years: 34.8 %
Starting Salary: $42,740
Average Salary: $64,509
District Administrator Salary: 425k
Percent Spent on Teachers: 32.4 %

Bell schedule 830AM-230PM (6 hour school days)
!st Day of School: Sept 4
Last Day of school: June 17
Oct Fall Break 12-28 (15 Days)
Nov: No school days 4
Nov Thanksgiving 4 days
Winter Break: Dec 17-Jan 6th (21 days)
Jan-Extra no school days 2
Feb-Extra no school days 2
Spring Break March 29-April 7 (10 Days)
 
One thing I'd read is that Police in Chicago may not answer calls in the bad neighborhoods, just let the gang bangers over run the hood.

Whereas in Nyc, nypd responds and people know it. Minorities bitch about it, but it works on keeping the overall crime rate down.
 
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Great article. This just about sums it up.
The fiscal reality is that Chicago Public Schools are broke. CPS will be draining cash reserves this year just to stay afloat, and will be $1 billion in the red next school year. The 30 percent raise CTU originally asked for is out of the question, and so are other double-digit raises that CTU has demanded. Average teacher pay in Chicago is already at $71,000 without benefits, while the average Chicagoan makes only $30,203 and the unemployment rate in the city is nearly 11 percent.
 
Quote from Grandluxe:

what are you trying to say?

The majority of the faces on the page seems to be of African descent.
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he's trying to say since blacks are only 12% of the population , only 12% of the photos should be of blacks otherwise it's racist.
 
Best comment I've read so far on the strike issue.

"Now Rahm Emmanuel find out what it's like to try to run a government without a printing press. Suddenly, he becomes a fiscal policeman."
 
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