Wholeheartedly agreed. This can't be swept under the rug at all. For a district that routinely runs $10M annual overruns, adding what will inevitably be $5M in annual costs related to the Foster school will necessitate a tax increase. It represents the equivalent of 50 teachers salaries, which is crazy. They're literally making a decision on bricks vs instruction. Trying to manage the necessary savings via closures (While opening a new school) would be extremely painful, disruptive and likely not very effective. School closures in CPS yielded 40% less savings than expected and left gaping holes in neighborhoods.

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Indeed some richly deserved outcomes are in order.