Incentive Schools 26-27
For those on the North Side; I am so livid about this that I literally made a Reddit account to make a post. I needed to rant but also see if anyone might have any more insight. I cannot believe there are only 51 incentive schools and NONE on the North Side. This is absolutely ridiculous. I know for a fact schools like Gale and Jordan are high needs and should definitely still be on there. I don't plan on going back to Gale unless it's an incentive, because that school is awful in so many ways. And there are so many others up there like that. If it weren't for me having a car, idk what I would do, so I can't even imagine how the subs that have to rely on public transport feel about this. Is there a possibility they'll add more if they see that so many schools are short on subs? Is this only a list for new incentives, because I see none of the old ones? I've talked to so many other subs, and they refuse to go back to many schools (like Carter or Burnside for instance) even while they were incentives, so imagine now that they took them off. I understand they are trying to figure out this deficit, but how in the world is this at the best needs for students? What are they going to do when they can't find enough subs? I'm still going to be choosy regardless, because I'm not spending hundreds of dollars on gas for far away schools (in unsafe neighborhoods mind you) if I'm not getting the extra pay. I just REALLY hope I can be a Cadre again this year. I hate this so much. This isn't normal. As subs, if this is it, we need to be more picky with schools as the year goes on, otherwise CPS will keep getting away with things like this!
TLDR; there are many underserved schools in the North Side (Uptown/Edgewater/Rogers Park etc.) who need to keep their incentive status as well as the ones they took away from the South and West Side