Travel expenses jumped 2,467% from 2021 as just 30.5% of students grades 3-8 show reading proficiency
A scathing report from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that the school system spent a staggering $14.5 million in “excessive” travel expenses in FY 2023 and FY 2024 combined.
The report comes as data shows that just 30.5% of students in grades 3–8 were proficient in reading, and just 18.3% of students were proficient in math in the spring of 2024.
“It is a sad commentary on just how far our city has fallen and how bad the leadership is,” Chicago pastor Corey Brooks told Fox News Digital. “These individuals believe that spending money on themselves benefits our educational system more so than spending it on the children who so rightfully deserve it.”
“In our neighborhood, there’s a 6% reading proficiency,” Brooks added. “And now you’re talking about the overall for Chicago being 30%, that is something that needs to be spoken by everyone who is in power.”
Our Yellow Lab is smarter than the students in chicago.
its a about the children the more that are in school the more money in our pockets
Don’t know about you 8:58, but I’m not getting any money by more students i school. What are talking about?
talking about the school administrators