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While some CPS elementary students were able to return to in-person learning this week, high school students and parents wonder if and when theyll be able to do the same. In the meantime, while K-4th graders return for a hybrid schedule this week, Jackson said it remains a challenge convincing many parents to send their children back. "Weve seen this throughout the country when school opens, you end up with about 25-30% who opt-in first, but as confidence grows over time, those numbers tick up,...

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COLUMBIA - Spring break is just a few weeks away for many students, and so is the one year anniversary of virtual learning. While parents may be used to traveling to warm locations for their kids annual week-long time off school, the CDC is still discouraging travel due to the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus. One parent and teacher at Helias Catholic High School said his family is  celebrating the vacation, and Easter holiday, at home in Jefferson City. "If everything keeps trending th...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- While some Chicago Public Schools elementary students were able to return to in-person learning this week, high school students and parents wonder if and when theyll be able to do the same. Nikolaj and Jovana Todorovski, both CPS high school students, are anxious to get out of the house and back into a real classroom after almost a year at the dining room table. "Its not, like, the structure you have being physically in the building and you lose your motivation to do homework, ...

2 Kids in Lubbock Left Alone Inside Vehicle with Access to Drugs Get our free mobile app A Lubbock woman is behind bars for multiple offenses after 2 kids were found alone inside a running vehicle. KAMC News reports the incident occurred Sunday, Feb. 28, outside a local Walmart. Members of the Lubbock Police Department were called to the Walmart at 702 West Loop 289 on Sunday for a report of 2 kids crying inside a vehicle in the parking lot. Both kids, under the age of 10, had been left alone i...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Heres how CPS is paying $1 billion for the natural gas used during Februarys winter storm FacebookTwitterEmail CPS Energy has a $1 billion bill for natural gas to power plants during the Texas winter storm of 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographer CPS Energy said it owes $1 billion for natural gas and fees due to the winter storm, as reported by Diego Mendoza-Moyers for the Express-News. The municipal utility owes $800,000 to natur...

Walnut Hills High School remains remote despite Gov. DeWine's March 1st deadline, and a solution to the issue remains a debate.

She said she has every confidence the district has prioritized safety for all. "They did a great job. I feel 100% safe that my son is returning to school," she said. For Joseph Williams, thats not the case. "We still dont feel that is it safe enough just yet to send our children back to school," he said. The father of five CPS students, ranging from kindergarten to high school, has opted to keep them all at home, wishing the return to school plan was staggered out grade by grade. "I really felt...

CPS said in January that about 20% of students opted for a return to in-person learning, with 80% continuing with remote learning for the time being. The district said that families who chose to continue remote learning will have another opportunity to return to schools before the start of the fourth quarter that begins in April. On vaccinations, CPS said 2,000 pre-k and cluster staff, as well as staff who have medically vulnerable members of their household but were not given an accommodation...

The possibility that ratepayers may also have to absorb the cost of natural gas could...