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9:00 p.m.: CPS 14-day rate sees slight decrease The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 18.5, a slight decrease from Wednesdays rate of 19.9. The updated CPS student tracker shows 144 students in the district currently in quarantine and 16 active student cases. To break the student cases down:  Elementary schools: 93 quarantined, 8 positive cases, 13 out of 21 schools affected Middle schools: 33 quarantined, 2 positive case, 5 out of 7 schools affected High schoo...

FacebookTwitterEmail CPS Energy first disabled their autopay feature earlier this week.William Luther /Staff CPS Energys AutoPay option will kick back on Friday after the utility service disabled the feature in the wake of last weeks storm. The move to pause the option, which automatically deducts payments from a card or bank account on file, came earlier this week as customers worried their February bills would be substantially higher than usual due to the energy crisis. Customers can opt out ...

Buying back-up generators for San Antonio water pumping stations could trigger rate increase FacebookTwitterEmail SAWS works on main break at 452 Mitchell on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Workers were doing repairs throughout the winter weather crisis last week in order to keep water flowing. Despite this, many SAWS pumping stations went offline due to power outages, so officials are considering back-up plans for the future.Ronald Cortes /Contributor / If the San Antonio Water System were to buy the...

The household items that helped San Antonians get through the storm FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Chef Dave Terrazas shows how he set up his tea light candles to spread light evenly around his house during last week’s Arctic storms.Ronald Cortes /ContributorShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Francisco Chagolla Retzloff cooks on an outdoor grill he used to prepare almost every meal he and his husband Timothy Chagolla Retzloff ate for three days while the power was off in their North West side home. Timothy s...

Jackson said she hopes to have high schoolers back in classroom this spring. CPS and CTU were locked in negotiations for months over plans from kindergarten through eighth grade students to return to classrooms. The initial start date of in-person learning was pushed back when teachers refused to return to their classrooms, citing COVID safety concerns and a demand for prioritized vaccination. Students in K through fifth grade return to in-person learning on Monday, March 1. Students in grades ...

CPS officials have said customers will not be charged on their bills for last week’s...

Chicago elementary teachers begin returning to classrooms under near-total media blackout - our committee. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers for kindergarten through fifth grades began returning to schools on Monday, a consequence of the sellout agreement the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) concluded with the district. With their students scheduled to return next week, the danger facing teachers and other workers is likely to escalate further as new variants of the COVID-19 virus are provided ...

Live Updates: Resources for after the storm Feb. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of42 Hundreds of San Antonians stand in line to enter the H-E-B at West Avenue and Blanco Road at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, after snow and freezing temperatures caused the closing the the store chain and most businesses.Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less 2of42 3of42 CPS Energy crews were seen driving along Vance Jackson Road during another day of snow in San Antonio on Thursday, Feb 18, 2021. “This extreme weat...

Jackson said she formally reached out to CTU last week to begin the process of returning high school students back to the classroom and expect to meet later this week. CPS officials said a joint task force is being created with the union. Officials also announced the opening of three new high school learning hub locations in March: Richards Career Academy High School (60 students) George H. Corliss High School (60 students) William H. Wells Community Academy High School (50 students) Accor...