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Completely reckless and forcing an entire district to go on remote learning when the -- when cps has mitigations in progress now. our school district is not the most perfect school district at all. but what i will say is that they do have a transparent process for us as parents and community to see what are the needs of our schools in terms of safety. and so far, the data have shown that our kids are safe in the building. now some schools might have problems, so im not saying all schools are per...

That will address a lot of the unions concerns. we had, i think, very productive dialogue today around testing and other issues, which is why im confident that if there is good will on both sides, we can get a deal done. >> well, why do you think school districts in new york city, washington, d.c. have been able to move forward with in-person learning, your city hasnt? >> well, we are the only school system in our city -- cps -- that hasnt. that has shut down and isnt doing in-person learning. e...

A petition in gracies name to improve support for victims of stalking has now passed 100,000 signatures. how does it feel that this is now going to be potentially discussed in parliament? one of my work colleagues actually sent me a screenshot of a football stadium and said, "just to put it into perspective, this is how many people, you know, loved gracie and have signed for gracie." and i thought, yeah, that puts it into perspective, really, when you see... see those numbers. yeah, amazing. the...

Return to normal at some level at this point, when can we? what is the standard that allows us to get our lives back to some sense of normalcy? we have therapeutics. we have vaccines. we have a number of things that we have learned about the coronavirus itself. we need to put down the crazy pills and get back to normal. here in america, here on planet earth where we are not double kn-95 masking our children, we are learning how to live with the virus. thats what we need to do for the rest of soc...

How does it feel that this is now going to be potentially discussed in parliament? one of my work colleagues actually sent me a screenshot of a football stadium and said, "just to put it into perspective, this is how many people, you know, loved gracie and have signed for gracie." and i thought, yeah, that puts it into perspective, really, when you see... ..see those numbers. yeah, amazing. the campaigner who set up the petition wants police forces to allocate specific funding for stalking cases...

Answers as to why my son cant be at school. >> i -- its -- its -- its got to be incredibly frustrating. and i know, lori, you know, the context for you, your mom was a school teacher for 40 years. you, obviously, support teachers. everyone does. but how do you feel about the unions demands right now? >> you know, i think the union is not listening to science, right? so, the union -- the -- the ctu is not the cdc. they dont get to decide what the thresholds are. you know, we have -- we have the c...

Cps and mayor lightfoot. and it is our children that are paying the ultimate price for this. you know, i spoke to the mayor i guess it was on friday. she said they are going to be working through the weekend on this. she sounded optimistic about school getting to a resolution over the weekend. clearly that didnt happen. do you have any sense of how long this may go on for? >> i received an e-mail from two out of my three boys schools this afternoon already, about 3:00, informing me that there wa...

We can never forget the impact on our lives and our families. they must be front and center. every decision has to be made with them in the forefront. there are many people to thank for getting us to this moment and i want to thank cps ceo padro martinez. he and his team have done work and been steadfast partners this making sure that we focus on getting our children back to in person learning and cdph commissioner alice and her team who provide the science and data to make sure were making info...

Year until june. and then they went back to school in september of 2021 and were successfully attending in person every day up until this christmas break on december 17th was their last day. then they came back for two days in january now and they have been home ever since and now theyre not even doing remote learning. >> and you have noticed -- i have talked to so many parents that no matter how hard you try with remote learning, you have noticed a difference in the results. >> oh, absolutely. ...

Chicago schools closed. lori lightfoot playing. her kids are in private school doesnt impact her personally. what is the impact on kids in chicago who arent in school and dont know when they will go back and there is a stabbed off with the unions there? >> thanks for having me. my kids are struggling. they have struggled all week. i wish that they could at least be online with their teachers. we are trying to do work. they are communicating with their teachers. im texting some of the work that t...