Preschool and special Education students can return to school on the 11th. (Chicago Mayor’s Office)
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) completed a vote on a new version of the “Back to School” program at midnight on the 9th, and announced on the 10th that the program was approved by 2/3 of its members, which means that the first preschool and special education students will be able to return to school on the 11th, while other kindergarten through 8th grade students will return to campus for physical classes by March 8th.
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey sent an open letter to all union members on the 10th saying, “We didn’t get all the conditions we wanted, but we did our best to fight for all the possibilities,” but despite the union’s claims of victory in “delayed return to school,” “enhanced immunization,” and “increased vaccines,” it is still unhappy with the Chicago Public School System’s CPS However, despite the union’s victories in the areas of “delayed return,” “enhanced vaccines,” and “increased vaccines,” there is still dissatisfaction with the Chicago Public School System CPS.
Mayor Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson also issued a joint statement on Jan. 10 that the union’s vote to approve a new version of the back-to-school plan is proof that the city’s back-to-school safety measures are adequate and that “schools are ready to welcome students back to school.
Pre-K and special education students who briefly returned to school on Jan. 11 will be the first students to return to school after the agreement is reached, with about 4,000 or 5,000 students from that group choosing to return to school.
The agreement includes the district’s agreement to return to distance learning for 14 days if the diagnosis rate for seven consecutive days is 15 percent higher than the previous week’s rate; teachers who have not been vaccinated will be allowed to stay Home for online classes until they are vaccinated; 2,000 doses of vaccine will be distributed this week for preschool and special education teachers to administer; and staff at schools with high diagnosis rates will be tested weekly for the virus.
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