Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, August 11, 2016.
Breaking down the Chicago Public Schools’ 2017 budget
Chicago Public Schools head Forrest Claypool says that the newly announced CPS budget for the 2017 fiscal year is “balanced,” but there are many people upset with the $31 million in cuts, including cuts to classrooms. Schools are set to get 9 percent less in funding for core instruction than they were expecting to. WBEZ has broken down where the money is going and where it’ll be cut. [WBEZ]
