CPS (Chicago Public School) cross country runners unable to compete in state tournament due to teacher's strike.

can we keep it real for a moment? a judge ruled the schools could compete at sectionals and they all got slaughtered. 1 kid made it as an individual qualifier. sure it sucks these kids didnt run their regional race. but stop acting like they were all denied the opportunity to run state. All but 1 kid would have not qualified. its a big deal but also kind of isnt. life moves on

what illinoisjones meant to post:

CTU: "Im in the CTU and I'm actually doing something productive in my life for other teachers and the students, I'm taking responsibility for results and am going to keep striking until our teams have been met, for the benefit of all teachers and students in Chicago. Some crackhead on the internet is not going to deter me from doing a good job."

Wow, they really put you in your place!

John Rand Paul Jones wrote:

Oh, I get all that, easy-peasy, but why are all the city pensions only 25% funded now? Where is the green visor and adding machine you speak of - in Michael Madigan’s off-shore vault?

The financial analysts and financial managers for cities, counties, state of federal government rarely were financial advisors or investment analysts for N.Y.S.E. firms. There are things one learns in the industry that one does not learn in college. Eg. most people know that the D.J.I.A. since 1890s with dividends has averaged app. 10% gross. That's gross. That does not count for transaction fees, management fees, wrap fees and taxes. Bonds are so much more complicated than most realize. Some investment costs do not have to be disclosed. Even if investments were to perform 10% net, financial managers should not ever payout/withdraw 10% in any year from pension fund. If pension fund withdraws 10% on down years, down years three years in a row, it would take many years to catch up. This is why I would pound the table with elderly clients and those youngsters living off of trust fund: NEVER W/DRAW MORE THAN 5% PER YEAR. Most managing pension funds make the errors I stated.

what illinoisjones meant to post:

CTU: "Im in the CTU and I'm actually doing something productive in my life for other teachers and the students, I'm taking responsibility for results and am going to keep striking until our terms have been met, for the benefit of all teachers and students in Chicago. Some crackhead on the internet is not going to deter me from doing a good job."

Wow, they really put you in your place!

chezznut wrote:

can we keep it real for a moment? a judge ruled the schools could compete at sectionals and they all got slaughtered. 1 kid made it as an individual qualifier. sure it sucks these kids didnt run their regional race. but stop acting like they were all denied the opportunity to run state. All but 1 kid would have not qualified. its a big deal but also kind of isnt. life moves on

Wait....these kids ended up running sectionals and none of them qualified for state?

LOL of the day wrote:

chezznut wrote:

can we keep it real for a moment? a judge ruled the schools could compete at sectionals and they all got slaughtered. 1 kid made it as an individual qualifier. sure it sucks these kids didnt run their regional race. but stop acting like they were all denied the opportunity to run state. All but 1 kid would have not qualified. its a big deal but also kind of isnt. life moves on

Wait....these kids ended up running sectionals and none of them qualified for state?

Wrong!

Check the results for yourself.

Boys 3A (largest class)

0 teams from a public schools in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

3 individuals from Chicago Public schools qualified. All from Jones College Prep HS

Boys 2A

1 team from a public school in Chicago qualified; Mather HS

2 private school teams from Chicago qualified; Brother Rice and St. Ignatius

4 individuals qualified from Chicago Public Schools; Alcott Prep, Amundsen, Walter Payton College Prep and Solorio Academy

Boys 1A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

2 private school team from Chicago qualified; U-High aka University HS (Univ. of Chicago Lab School) and Chicago Latin

1 individual from private school in Chicago; DePaul College Prep

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 3A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

1 individual from a Chicago private school; Mother McAuley

1 individual from a Chicago Public School: Taft

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 2A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

2 private schools from Chicago qualified; Chicago Latin and St. Ignatius

4 individuals from Chicago Public Schools qualified; Northside, Walter Payton College Prep and Solorio Academy (2)

1 individual from a private school in Chicago: De La Salle

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 1A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

1 private school from Chicago qualified; U-High aka University HS (Univ. of Chicago Lab School)

1 private school individual from Chicago; DePaul College Prep

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

From the ChiTrib: "one team and 13 individuals qualified for the state championship, which will be held Saturday at Peoria’s Detweiller Park."

IHSA is appealing the TRO that allowed them to run in sectionals, though.

KRM8993 wrote:

From the ChiTrib: "one team and 13 individuals qualified for the state championship, which will be held Saturday at Peoria’s Detweiller Park."

IHSA is appealing the TRO that allowed them to run in sectionals, though.

Gee wiz, IHSA is fighting to keep 20 kids out of the state meet?

Why not give those kids free meet t-shirts and a hot dog coupon for after the race for some good PR? (blah, blah blah but this would violate amateur athlete codes... Dude, this is Illinois, you can't find a way to slip hot dog and shirt coupons into a team envelope?

TrackFan19 wrote:

LOL of the day wrote:

Wait....these kids ended up running sectionals and none of them qualified for state?

Wrong!

Check the results for yourself.

https://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysCrossCountry/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspxhttps://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/GirlsCrossCountry/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx

Boys 3A (largest class)

0 teams from a public schools in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

Boys 1A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 3A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 2A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

Girls 1A

0 teams from a public school in the city of Chicago qualified for the state championship

0 individuals from Chicago Public Schools

thanks for clarifying

Congratulations to the runners in the IL State Meet today that were affected by the CPS strike. These are runners who were embroiled in the ridiculous CPS union/ISHA administration bureaucracy that could have taken away years of their effort to get to the IL state meet. They did well and both a women and men had runners that missed All-State by just two places.

What is amazing is that this has been going on in the Chicago area (and probably many others) for over forty years. I know because there was a time when my school was almost in the same position. Someone needs to pass a law that innocent kids who put four years time in are not affected by the money disputes of unions and the IHSA administration fools.

Congratulations to the runners, coaches, parents, lawyers and judges who put a stop to this insanity. I hope this doesn't repeat itself over and over as it has in the past.

How about this: a striking public employee is considered to have resigned.