The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Computers and other devices that amount to at least 8% of the Chicago Public Schools’ “technology assets” have been listed as “lost” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the missing items: Tens of thousands of computers, iPads and other high-tech devices. They were lent to students during remote learning but weren’t returned.
The police suspect that much of the other property that CPS listed as missing actually was stolen by people with access to school buildings during the pandemic.
There's more:
It isn’t just computers. Air purifiers, defibrillators, a treadmill, lawn equipment and other property also vanished from schools since the beginning of the pandemic.
The Sun-Times reviewed police reports listing lost items for 15 public schools in Chicago. The cost of the missing items in those schools was estimated at more than $920,000.
And that doesn’t include hundreds of computers whose values weren’t even tallied in the reports.
Government fails yet again to manage property ! Just a reminder, Chicago has high property taxes to pay for this utter failure. It's time to get rid of government schooling.
