Coronavirus In Chicago: All CPS District Schools, Some Charter Schools To Offer Free Meals Beginning Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday, all Chicago Public Schools district schools will be offering free meals for pickup.
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Beginning Tuesday, all Chicago Public Schools district schools will be offering free meals for pickup.
The State Board of Education is working with schools and food banks to deliver meals to low income families.
The governor is ordering all public and private schools in Illinois to close from March 17 until at least March 30.
The union also said schools should not serve as polling places on Tuesday.
As the number of infected people climbs in Illinois, throughout the nation, and in much of the world amid the coronavirus outbreak, schools are dropping out of overseas trips by the minute.
CBS 2 has learned that a a group of students went through a sort of "drive-thru testing" at the school on Sunday. Parents said they were able to get their children tested from their car seat, which caused less stress. And they hope, less possibility for potential spread.
There's a hotline setup for the Vaughn community and plans are in place to provide food boxes for Vaughn families. The boxes will have enough food for three days and will be available at the CPS warehouse beginning Wednesday, according to Jackson. She added that CPS will provide food delivery for those who are "challenged for transportation."
Classes at Vaughn Occupational High School are cancelled until March 18 -- a full five days later than originally announced on Friday after a school aide tested positive for coronavirus.
Now that marijuana is legal in Illinois, one Chicago public school wanted to protect its students from exposure to cannabis by changing the lunch policy.
Friday is the last day on the job for Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Nicholas Schuler, and a look has emerged into the anonymous complaints that forced his resignation.
The Illinois State Board of Education said there have been intense discussions between schools and state and local health departments. And that ultimately, the schools are following their lead.
Police said pepper spray was accidentally deployed around 2 p.m. inside Smyth Elementary at 1059 W. 13th St.
The private youth violence prevention program provides behavioral and mental health support services to students at highest risk of involvement in gun violence in 15 neighborhoods.
A 9-year-old boy was whipped at school a year and a half ago, and two women have gone to trial – one of them his teacher.
Supporters of a charter school that is set to close were ready to fight, but then the battle got canceled.
Four students suffered an overdose at Curie High School, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
"Right after that she like grabbed my face. I freaked out. I was like 'I don't appreciate being touched liked this.'"
A source close to Schuler's office confirmed an investigation by an outside law firm has been going on for at least six months into claims he created a toxic work environment.
Students at Lincoln Park High School are stepping out of class again and stepping up for their fired principal and assistant principal.
Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Nicholas Schuler resigned on Monday, city officials confirmed, amid an investigation into allegations that Schuler threatened and insulted workers in the office.
Students at Lincoln Park High School walked out of class on Monday.
An investigation into last school year by the Chicago Public Schools inspector general found more than 30 instances of disturbing behavior by teachers and others who work in the schools.
All CPS employees are required to live in Chicago, unless they receive a waiver, and could be fired if they lie about their address.
A new unit created to investigate sexual misconduct at Chicago Public Schools opened 458 cases in the last school year, including nearly three dozen cases in which the conduct was substantiated, according to the CPS Insector General.
Brian Travis, of Saint John, Indiana, has been charged with one felony count of criminal sexual assault, and one misdemeanor count of simple assault.
