Chicago Teachers Back At School But At A Big Cost

The hostage taking thug teachers in Chicago are back to work to fail another group of students and kill their future.
So, what has the teachers union strike cost?
According to WGN TV news, about 120-180 schools will have to close.
And from the Chicago Sun: By agreeing to teacher pay raises over and above a school budget that drained every last penny of reserves, the Chicago Board of Education will have no choice but to approve four years of up-to-the-limit property tax increases. The $5.7 billion budget approved by Emanuel’s handpicked school board already includes a $41 million property tax increase. It earmarked two percent pay raises for teachers, but that $40 million was subsequently diverted to hire 477 teachers needed to staff Emanuel’s longer school day so elementary school teachers don’t have to work a minute longer. 
 Dozens of schools, if not more than 100, will have to be closed to help pay for the new teachers contract, which is why the CTU made such an issue of the recall policy that gives displaced teaches a second chance.

The school closings are certain to stir political controversy, as they always do, because of fears that students forced to travel further to school will be placed in danger by having to cross turf claimed by rival gangs. But, there is simply no other choice. School closings have slowed to a trickle in recent years while Chicago suffered population losses. It’s time to face the music. http://www.suntimes.com/15235099-761/winners-and-losers-in-teachers-strike-rahm-emanuel-is-both.html

But, hey, it's for the kids, right?