Seventy-two arrests!!!

How did we get here, folks???

• demo Cities

Chicago Public Schools’ jet-set scandal, the kids can’t read, but travel expenses are up 2,467%

Chicago Public Schools shelled out $14.5 million on lavish travel—including jaunts to Las Vegas and Egypt—across fiscal years 2023 and 2024, even as just 30.5% of elementary students read at grade level and chronic absenteeism plagues 40% of kids.

Travel Costs Explode Dramatically: Expenses surged 2,467% to $7.7 million in FY 2024 from $300,000 in FY 2021, exceeding pre-pandemic levels with exotic trips to Finland and South Africa.

Student Proficiency Plummets Low: Only 18.3% of grade 3-8 kids are proficient in math; 11th graders fare worse at 22.4% proficient in reading and 18.6% proficient in math on SATs, amid 40.8% chronic absenteeism.

Leaders Face Fierce Backlash: Pastor Corey Brooks blasts “fallen” leadership for self-serving spending; activist Corey DeAngelis dubs the system a “$30K-per-kid dumpster fire” wasting taxpayer funds.

CPS Vows Tighter Controls: School districts have formed a review committee that intends to curb employee travel, and is rolling out a new financial system to boost transparency and prevent future excesses.

Life is good for demos in big demo run cities.

It would be undue stress on the perp to be locked up.

It's Chicago. Criminals are not punished there.

Sadly, other dem-run cities, e.g., Charlotte, NC, etc., are similar and and the epidemic appears to be spreading.

Don't forget Los Angeles and San Francisco.

1. Chicago, IL – 617 murders
2. Philadelphia, PA – 410 murders
3. New York City, NY – 386 murders
4. Memphis, TN – 344 murders
5. Houston, TX – 341 murders
6. Los Angeles, CA – 335 murders
7. Dallas, TX – 292 murders
8. Washington, DC – 274 murders
9. Baltimore, MD – 260 murders
10. Detroit, MI – 252 murders
11. Phoenix, AZ – 198 murders
12. New Orleans, LA – 192 murders
13. Kansas City, MO – 182 murders
14. Indianapolis, IN – 173 murders
15. Milwaukee, WI – 169 murders
16. San Antonio, TX – 165 murders
17. Louisville, KY – 161 murders
18. St. Louis, MO – 158 murders
19. Cleveland, OH – 154 murders
20. Columbus, OH – 148 murders

2023 data