Editorial: Why is CPS treating charter and private schools like liquor stores? – Chicago Tribune*

Editorial: Why is CPS treating charter and private schools like liquor stores? – Chicago Tribune*

"Chicago Public Schools is selling off 21 school properties, hoping the sales will result in a nice windfall of cash and reduced maintenance costs in the long run. ... Except that this is Chicago, and so even something as seemingly commonplace as selling an unused school building comes with a touch of the absurd. And here’s the catch. All of the CPS properties come with deed restrictions prohibiting their use for selling liquor or tobacco — or r…

For sale: 20 old Chicago school properties

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