Chicago found millions for migrants. Why are its own children being left behind?

The numbers for the elementary school down the block from my church are discouraging.

The latest CPS data for Dulles Elementary School show that just 13.7% of Dulles students are proficient in English language arts and 3.9% are proficient in math.

Dulles spends significantly less per student than some districtwide estimates of CPS spending.

This is shocking, mind-boggling, and if this isn’t a crime against humanity, then I don’t know what is.

The numbers only get worse.

The school spends about $16,200 per student.

The Chicago Public Schools district average is roughly $27,000 to $32,000 per student.

How is this inequity possible in this age of DEI? We live in one of the bluest cities in America, and our mayor, Brandon Johnson, brags about having the "Blackest administration" and always talks about fighting White supremacy.

And yet he is comfortable with this disparity in school spending? Why aren’t all the White DEI folks on the North Side of Chicago outraged over this inequity? CHICAGO’S EMPTY 'GHOST SCHOOLS' TEACH US ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM IS FAILING On top of this, Chicago Public Schools is staring down a roughly $732 million budget deficit.

Just last summer, the district laid off 1,458 employees, including 432 teachers and 677 special education assistants.

This year, the board restored proposed cuts in part by assuming an additional $150 million from the state that lawmakers have not committed.

But this is not a solution, and it will only lead to more debt.

Now here is what is infuriating to me.

Guess how much the city spent on services for the migrants and asylum seekers coming into town between August 2022 and the end of 2024.