Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Continue Negotiations Regarding COVID Safety
CPS high school students are due back in the classroom on Monday morning.
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CPS high school students are due back in the classroom on Monday morning.
If the two sides can't reach an agreement, teachers said they will stay home starting Wednesday.
An eighth-grader from the South Side will compete for the Scripps National Spelling Bee this summer after dominating Chicago Public Schools' citywide tournament.
CPS is planning to bring thousands of high school students back to classrooms on April 19, and has been negotiating with CTU on a safe reopening agreement, but the union has accused the district of failing to provide "reasonable accommodations" for teachers.
A rapid rise in coronavirus cases in the Chicago area is a big concern for some Chicago teachers.
The target date for Chicago Public Schools high school students to return to class is less than two weeks away.
The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education on Wednesday approved a plan to start the 2021-2022 school year about a week early.
The contract also states, "Excess vaccines will be offered to CPS employees in accordance with the order of subgroups." There is no mention of non-CPS workers getting vaccines.
The Chicago Department of Public Health seized all remaining shots the facility had.
The Chicago Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that it is cutting off a vaccine provider that was under contract with the Chicago Public Schools and then gave vaccine to non-CPS employees without authorization.
Tuesday is the deadline fro parents to tell Chicago Public Schools if their child will be in the classroom for the spring term.
A $24 million, three year outreach program hopes to help the healing begin.
"We want to ensure all interested families have the option to learn in person when the fourth quarter begins on April 19."
Friday is the deadline for Chicago Public Schools parents to decide if they want their high schoolers to return to class.
In just a matter of hours, Chicago Public Schools parents must decide whether they are sending their children back to the classroom. With so little time left in the school year, many are wondering whether it is even worth it.
Chicago Public Schools leaders said Wednesday that the district is making progress in getting all of its employees vaccinated – or at least offering them vaccinations.
A controversy over a plan to return high school students to in-person learning has left CPS leaders shaking their heads, and the Chicago Teachers Union blaming CPS for a bait-and-switch.
"We have no agreement on returning to in-person learning in high schools or any date, nor will there be an agreement until we know our school buildings can reopen safely."
Chicago Public Schools is planning to offer in-person learning for high school students, starting on April 19.
Among those who have already received the COVID-19 vaccine are thousands of Chicago Public Schools teachers -- but not nearly as many as one might think.
Chicago Public Schools middle schoolers are getting ready for their first day back at school.
Chicago Public Schools students in grades six through eight who opted for in-person learning will be back in class Monday for the first time in a year.
So far, so good – that is how Chicago Public Schools officials describe the first week of in-person learning for kindergarten through fifth-grade students.
For the first time in more than 300 days, thousands of kindergarten through fifth-grade Chicago Public Schools students spent the day back in the classroom Monday.
In-person learning resumes for Kindergarten through 5th grade Chicago Public Schools students.
