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You'd think debate is all about arguing and disagreement. But as CBS 2's Lauren Victory discovered, the exchange of ideas is perhaps the best way to Unify America.
The Chicago Public Schools will be back in session for in-person instruction for pre-kindergarten and special education cluster classrooms Wednesday.
The Chicago Public Schools have canceled all in-person classes for Tuesday on account of a monstrous snowstorm.
The Chicago Public Schools says four COVID-19 vaccination sites for teachers and staff will be fully operational this coming week.
Thousands of the youngest Chicago Public School students and their teachers are heading back to their classrooms Thursday.
Chicago Public Schools is going ahead with winter sports Thursday.
"I know it's so important for him to be there, because the services that he needs cannot be offered remotely."
The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to approve a plan for returning to in-person learning.
In Chicago's effort to bring kids back to the classroom, the decision is up to the teachers.
While the rest of the state is already playing winter sports, Chicago Public Schools now have the green light to move ahead.
If the union votes no, it could trigger a lockout and a strike.
Former Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis has died.
The "tentative" deal reached with the Chicago Teachers Union would mean pre-kindergarten, cluster students and kindergarten through eighth grade students would return to classrooms.
Negotiations continued Saturday between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union over concerns about a return to in-person learning and COVID-19 transmission – but there had been no resolution as of the evening.
"We're deeply disappointed that the mayor has chosen to stop negotiating and instead move to lock out educators and shut down schools rather than work out our differences."
"We expect a response from CTU leadership today," Lightfoot said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Janice Jackson announced late Thursday that the union had provided them a counterproposal for a deal to end the impasse about in-person schooling and the strike threat.
The director for the Centers for Disease Control said on Wednesday that vaccinations are not required to return to in-person learning.
He said working conditions aren't usually in the bullseye of a teachers union dispute. Even more rare: an employer triggering new working conditions. In this case remote instruction. Then the employer wanting staff to revert back to in-person learning.
"We're going to stay on the table so we can get a deal done," Mayor Lightfoot told CNN on Tuesday.
Chicago Public Schools students will remain in remote learning Tuesday and Wednesday.
There is no threat of a teachers' strike for at least the next couple of days. Still, as CBS 2's Marie Saavedra reported, some parents are not enjoying being in limbo every night.
Climentene said she spoke to the officers in person, thanked them and took the pictures and sent them in to CBS 2.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a news conference Sunday that all teachers who have not received a special accommodation are expected to be back in school on Monday – and if they aren't, "we're going to have to take action."
