Capital Plan Hearing [in person or remote]

Education

Finance

Friday, June 17, 2022
11:30 a.m. CDT

42 W Madison St, Chicago, Illinois 60602 Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

Chicago Public Schools Loop Office, Garden Level, Board Room

You have the option to document this public hearing on CPS’ proposed FY2023 capital plan in person or remotely, via live stream. The capital plan is the part of the annual budget that is devoted to building maintenance and upgrades, information technology, as well as other assets/investments. Find information about the capital plan here.

If you attend the meeting in person, an additional hour will be added to your pay for this assignment. The meeting will be held at Chicago Public Schools Headquarters (42 W. Madison St., Garden Level, board room). Take a photo to let us know you were there.

If you plan to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/c/ChiPubSchools/videos. The live stream may not appear until or a few minutes after the scheduled start time. If you don’t see it right away, give it a few seconds, then try refreshing your Internet tab to see if it loads.

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Ella Beiser

Proposal of Near South Side high school, Building and facilities improvements

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Live reporting by Ahmad Sayles

Proposal of Near South Side high school, Building and facilities improvements

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles

Good Morning! I’ll be live-tweeting the @ChiPubSchools Capital Plan Hearing for @CHIdocumenters #CHIdocumenters. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.

11:32 AM Jun 17, 2022 CDT

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 2/20

Kyrah Davis introduces Venny Dye and Ivan Hansen to give a presentation on FY23 capital budget. https://t.co/lEHWfLcCT6

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Chief Facilities Officer, Ivan Hansen says CPS will consider community feedback in their budget. https://t.co/Zw8iFJevD2

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Mr. Hansen says the cost to bring all @ChiPubSchools facilities in a state of good repair is 3.2 billion dollars https://t.co/yNcQVoq9ZK

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 5/20

A visual facilities condition assessment is taking place in the district. The last assessment happened in 2020.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 6/20

FY 2023 Capital Budget includes $764.5 million in equitable capital investments. https://t.co/Tfl9y6KPc6

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 7/20

Breakdown of @ChiPubSchools proposed capital plan presented by Venny Dye. The FY23 budget includes $412.8 billion in capital funding to address facility needs and interior improvements. https://t.co/tbni2nWke4

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 8/20

CPS is investing $77.7 million to develop new playgrounds, playlots and site upgrades. https://t.co/o0hVktoo80

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 9/20

The FY2023 capital budget includes $120 million for a new high school to service Chinatown, Bridgeport and South Loop.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 10/20

Venny Dye says the deferred needs in the district are many and CPS doesn't have the resources to cure them all.

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Public Comment Segment begins.

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The first public speaker Mr. Chan says the Chinatown community has been advocating for a high school for 20 years. He's in support of the future high school.

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The second public speaker is also in favor of the proposed high school in the Chinatown, Bridgeport, and South Loop area. Says the commute to school for students is difficult and often leads them to be late.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 14/20

The next speaker Issac C. says the closing of the National Teacher's Academy was to make way for affluent South Loop residents. And the new proposed plan for a new high school reeks of racism.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 15/20

Nikita B., Co-founder of @cueChicago says she opposes the proposed South Loop high school on the grounds of racial inequity baked into multiple levels of the plan.

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Nikita B. says the proposed South Loop high school at 22nd and State will disproportionately harm Latino students through the budgeting process. Says Chinatown residents would prefer investments in Jones College prep to becoming a non-selective enrollment high school

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and that investments in Dunbar high school as potential outcomes their willing to accept.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 18/20

The next speaker says he's also opposed to building a new high school on CHA land. Says that land was meant to be used for affordable housing.

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 19/20

Link for the FY23 capital budget hearing youtu.be/JsShb6AvpYw

Ahmad Sayles @ahmad_sayles 20/20

The @ChiPubSchools capital budget hearing ends. This ends my coverage for @CHIdocumenters find more information through notes at documenters.org

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Agency Information

Chicago Public Schools

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The Chicago Board of Education is charged with governing the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), setting policies, governing operations, and charting the direction of current and future programs.

A list of board members (with headshots) is here. Board members are currently appointed by the mayor. In 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that will gradually transition to a 21-member elected school board over the course of 2024-2027.

A list of CPS executive leadership is here.

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