BRIDGEPORT — Chicago Public Schools has released the final results of this year’s budget cutting season.
Schools in the 60608, 60609 and 60616 ZIP codes — including Bridgeport, Chinatown, Canaryville and Back of the Yards — took major hits.
The area's big winner was Back of the Yards High School, which stands to gain $1.19 million. Daley Elementary is expected to take the biggest cut at $327,528.
The following numbers show the difference between this year's budgets and those initially proposed for the 2015-2016 school year. The 2015-2016 budgets were later adjusted in February.
Here's a look at the Bridgeport-area schools expected to get more cash:
• Back of the Yards High School: + $1,187,291
• Horizon Science Academy: + $379,370
• Dewey Elementary: + $25,766
• Pershing East: + $177,366
• McClellan Elementary: + $145,514
• Sheridan: + $72,145
• James Ward: + $80,540
• Graham Elementary: +$56,239
• Doolittle East: + $11,059
• Beasley Elementary: + $71,101
• Basil (Chicago International Charter School): + $104,679
Here's a listing of the schools hit hardest by budget cuts:
• Beethoven Elementary: - $8,831
• Chavez Elementary: - $164,396
• Healy: - $23,569
• Namaste Charter School: - $41,333
• Arthur A. Libby Elementary: - $126,682
• Hedges Elementary: -$235,077
• Evergreen Academy: - $110,421
• Richards Career Academy: - $244,879
• Holden: - $119,445
• Hendricks Community Academy: - $115,481
• Lara Academy: - $35,580
• Tilden Career Community Academy: - $63,522
• Bronzeville Scholastic Institute: - $18,066
• Thomas Elementary: - $1,095
• Sherman School of Excellence: - $121,197
• Hamline Elementary: - $69,976
• Armour: - $67,097
• Seward: - $236,513
• Peace and Education Coalition High School: - $135,423
• Haines: - $26,060
• ACE Technical Charter School: - $305,299
• Daley Elementary: - $327,528
Chicago Public Schools released school budgets to principals Wednesday that try to minimize cuts.
Thanks to a six-month stopgap budget passed in Springfield, property tax hikes and cuts to the administrative ranks, CPS has been able to hold the line of per-pupil funding for public schools at last year’s levels.
“Just a few weeks ago, CPS faced the real prospect of unavoidable, devastating cuts. Thankfully, those cuts are off the table,” said CPS CEO Forrest Claypool. “We will continue to tighten our belts, but thanks to the collaborative efforts of State leaders and Chicagoans that significantly reduced the district’s budget deficit, our schools will open this fall with the resources to continue their remarkable academic progress.”
Principals were expected to get budgets that kept per-pupil spending at $4,087 or $1 less than last year’s budgets.
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