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Both districts will be closed Monday as well to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The number of meals served during the labor dispute was only four percent of what the districts school meal program typically distributes.

Students in the nation’s third-largest district returned to classrooms Wednesday after Chicago Public Schools canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols.

CCP's skin in the game up almost 5%

The union won two demands, but not others. And, in a big departure from past CTU job actions, this time Chicago teachers may not be paid for any of the days that they refused to report to their classrooms.

Under the proposed agreement, a school closure would take place if 40-percent of students were placed in quarantine.

The CCP revised its estimate of the worst-case payment obligation that would have to be met should one of its participants collapse

"What they did likely saved lives in the long run," the Chicago Teachers Union said of its members five-day remote work action.

Cincinnati Public Schools has already started closing buildings because of staff shortages due to COVID-19. When the district returned from winter break last week, it reported more than 300 staff out sick.

Chicago Public School students will return to in-person learning on Wednesday after an agreement was reached between the district and the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday night.