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On February 14, 2008, CEO Arne Duncan held a press conference (above) to tell the press that, once again, he was going to be cutting “administration” because the Board of Education was facing a “deficit”. Because CPS did not have any reasonable budget figures to provide to the press at the time, most of the story was deferred until June 2008, when the administration is legally required to present a proposed budget to the public for public hearings. Again this year, instead of providing a proposed budget to the public, in June 2008 Duncan arranged to delay the budget presentation and hosted another media event. On May 28, the day the Board of Education was supposed to meet, Duncan left town for Springfield, and the “May” meeting was rescheduled for June. Substance photo by George Schmidt.

On February 14, 2008, CEO Arne Duncan held a press conference (above) to tell the press that, once again, he was going to be cutting “administration” because the Board of Education was facing a “deficit”. Because CPS did not have any reasonable budget figures to provide to the press at the time, most of the story was deferred until June 2008, when the administration is legally required to present a proposed budget to the public for public hearings. Again this year, instead of providing a proposed budget to the public, in June 2008 Duncan arranged to delay the budget presentation and hosted another media event. On May 28, the day the Board of Education was supposed to meet, Duncan left town for Springfield, and the “May” meeting was rescheduled for June. Substance photo by George Schmidt.

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