“Martinez has argued that such demands could bankrupt the (Chicago k-12) system”
Davis Gates also claimed that Martinez wants to close or consolidate schools, though CPS sources countered that he has no such plans, saying the school board requested a contingency list of potential closures.
Last spring, Martinez joined CTU members in Springfield to advocate for an additional $1 billion in state funding. However, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers said those funds were not available.
Davis Gates pointed to Minnesota Governor-turned-Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz as a model for Gov. Pritzker to follow.
“He figured a lot of stuff out with this. He made sure that there was a social worker that was funded from the state. He figured out how to meet the needs of special education students, so these things can be done,” said Davis Gates.
MUST WATCH: Maybe the best opening line in public comment history. Former Chicago Public Schools Board Member Dwayne Truss goes off on the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Brandon Johnson for their fight to oust CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and issue a $300M payday loan to fund the union’s contract demands.
Reminder that these are the actual new revenue ideas from the Chicago Teachers Union. The CTU claims Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez should be fired for not doing enough to lobby Springfield for more money.
Chicago public schools: “already the nation’s largest junk-bond issuer”
The Chicago Teachers Union and its state and national affiliates spent nearly $6.5 million on Chicago political candidates between Feb. 28, 2022, and May 4, 2023.
This year’s Democratic National Convention takes place in America’s first city to fall under the control of a teachers union.
Stacy Davis Gates is a powerful union leader of public school teachers and sends her kids to private school. These are facts.
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