Chicago’s selective schools grapple with budgets woes due to new equity policy: report

DemocraticChicagoMayorBrandonJohnsonmadethecasethathiscityhasbeen“openandquiteaccommodating”toillegalimmigrantsincomparisontootherbluecities.  ChicagoPublicSchools’(CPS)newfundingformulahasreportedlyimpactedthedistrict’smostselectiveandcompetitiveschools. CPSofficialsinMarchvotedonan“equity-based”formulathatprioritizesthedistrict’sunderfundedschools.Schooldistrictstypicallyissuefundingbasedonenrollmentpopulation.  AmongtheselectiveschoolsreportedlyimpactedbythefundingformulaisLaSalleLanguageAcademy–adistinguishedinstitutionfromotherschoolsinthedistrictduetoitsworldlanguageprogram–itoffersdailyclassesinSpanish,Mandarin,andotherlanguages.  CHICAGOSCHOOLPRINCIPALSAYSPOLICEAREINSCHOOLS‘THATWANTTHEM’AFTERTHEMAYORSUPPORTEDTHEIRREMOVAL ChicagoPublicSchools’newfundingformulahasreportedlyimpactedthedistrict’smostselectiveandcompetitiveschools.(Sc