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After weeks of negotiations over how to safely reopen schools, it appears the Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union have made "significant progress" toward resuming in-person classes.
After a week of negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public School over teachers and students returning to in-person learning, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday night that no deal has been reached.
Health experts believe the benefits of in-person learning outweigh the risks, as long as proper sanitizing procedures are followed and people have access to protective equipment.
Chicago Public Schools are continuing with a third day of remote learning for all students, as officials continue negotiating with the Chicago Teachers Union about how to re-open schools safely in the pandemic.
The Chicago Teachers Union says students will be learning remotely again Friday. Chicago Public Schools and the CTU have yet to come to an agreement about safely reopening.
The district told parents last night not to send their kids to school on Thursday, after the Chicago Teachers Union told teachers and staff to continue working remotely.
The Chicago Public Schools announced that all students will be learning remotely from home again on Thursday, as the Chicago Teachers Union has directed staff to remain at home.
At this point, CPS students in kindergarten through eighth grade are still scheduled to go back to in person learning next Monday, February 1st.
"Without assurance that there is adequate teaching staff for in-person learning, we must prioritize student safety and ask that parents keep their children home for remote learning tomorrow."
Teachers are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines, but Chicago Teachers Union members say it's not easy to get the shots.
It turns out some Chicago teachers were fortunate enough to get the COVID-19 vaccine early.
Parents and students are putting on the pressure to get kids back in class.
"We believe it will be possible for nearly all of our members to be vaccinated by the end of next month."
Chicago Teachers Union members voted Sunday to defy an order from Chicago Public Schools to return to in-person instruction.
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, so does the battle over returning to in-person learning at Chicago Public Schools.
With talk of a school strike in the air, a group of Chicago Public Schools parents will protest outside the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters Saturday.
The district is ready, but the next round of teachers is refusing to come back on Monday.
Chicago Public Schools, with the Chicago Department of Public Health, announced plans to begin vaccinating staff in mid-February.
A day after the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates passed a resolution that would allow for teachers to go on working remotely after schools reopen for kindergarten through eighth-grade students, the Chicago Public Schools called the move an "illegal strike."
The Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates on Wednesday evening passed a resolution authorizing all Chicago Public School teachers represented by the union to work remotely only.
Delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union could ask for a strike authorization vote Wednesday.
A Chicago mom, dealing with tensions over in-person learning, reached out to CBS 2 after receiving what she calls an alarming text from the teacher's assistant that works in her son's third-grade classroom.
Chicago Teachers Union leadership could soon ask its 25,000 members to authorize a strike as it continues to pressure the Chicago Public Schools for an agreement on a safe reopening plan for the district.
CPS livestreamed their talk, and as expected, the parents she spoke with are glad to see students in kindergarten through 8th grade going back to classrooms on Feb. 1.
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding CPS release the number of COVID-19 infections reported since the first wave of students and teachers returned to the classroom earlier this month.
