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The "No One Eats Alone" program is set to visit schools across Kentucky while reaching over 100,000 kids.

At this time its unclear what grades were changed to and how many students were impacted.

Students and parents showed up at a Chicago protest on Tuesday over a lack of CPS school bus transportation.

During the 2022-23 school year, the NASRO reported at least 174 instances of swatting calls. The instances happened in 43 states and the District of Columbia.

This is so new? >> oh, i absolutely think its right to take extra precautions. we dont do all the other things that we also have in place for flu, and we should, dont get me wrong, but this is fair, making sure, literally for chicago public schools just to give you a sense of this, classroom by classroom, every single week, you can look at the air ventilation thats been invested in to see whats in place. there are masks, including high quality masks that are in place. theres testing, even while ...

Chicago. why dont we just say the truth? >> trace: the schools are acknowledging there is really no plan even for remote learning. a memo says if closures continue and we dont have adequate staff to offer in-person programming on monday well have packets of activities available for pickup. there is no plan for remote instructions this time in any cps school. that means you are on your own. your last thoughts on this now. >> right. they dont care about the kids. they care about the politics. chic...

You dont think its right to take extra precautions because this is so new? >> oh, i absolutely think its right to take extra precautions. we dont do all the other things that we also have in place for flu, and we should, dont get me wrong, but this is fair, making sure, literally for chicago public schools just to give you a sense of this, classroom by classroom, every single week, you can look at the air ventilation thats been invested in to see whats in place. there are masks, including high q...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools announced Tuesday that it has set a target date for high schoolers to return to in-person learning for the start of the systems fourth quarter. In a statement tonight, the Chicago Teachers Union said there is no agreement, claiming the district put out information preemptively. But the CPS parents who spoke to ABC7 hope the target date gets set in stone. "This is a step forward in a big way for the city of Chicago," said Rev. David Griggs, a CPS parent. ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of 6th through 8th grade Chicago Public school students returned to the classroom Monday. This comes after kindergarten through 5th graders returned to in-person learning last Monday morning, and now CPS has its sights on getting high schoolers back, too. CPS CEO Janice Jackson, along with teachers and staff, welcomed some students back to Richardson Middle School on Chicagos Southwest Side. WATCH | CPS CEO welcomes middle school students back to classroom Chicago Pub...

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, ...