Preschools Feel Financial Pinch

With four day school weeks a possibility, even as Mayor Daley expresses his displeasure with the idea, there are even more cuts coming to Chicago Public Schools. As many as 8,000 to 10,000 preschoolers could be affected by new cuts to the city's free preschool programs thanks to cuts made in the state's budget. Under Gov. Quinn's proposed budget, "preschools with a 93 percent or greater poverty rate would stay open, and students with special needs." The remaining CPS preschool programs, however, would be shut down.