Although the 2011-12 school year is just a few months away, Chicago Public Schools principals are still in the dark over the staff and programs they'll need to cut to deal with the district's $720 million budget deficit.
As the Trib reports, administrators usually have tentative numbers by spring, which allows them to make up their staff roster, determine how much they can spend on textbooks, and decide whether there's money left to fund new programs.
This time around it's taking much longer, due to the state's slow-pay policies and the transition from the administration of former schools chief Ron Huberman to the new CEO, Jean-Claude Brizard, who started last week.
He's pushing to get some information to principals by this week.