Chicago Teachers Union Would Require Eligibility for ‘Full’ Vaccination Prior to Reopening Schools
8 Feb 2021
A proposed deal between Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to reopen schools for in-person learning would begin phasing in students into classrooms this week and require all teachers be eligible for “full” vaccination against the coronavirus before returning into school buildings.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) and CPS CEO Janice Jackson said Sunday during a news conference they were hopeful the union would agree to the proposal and abandon their threats of another strike, reported the
Chicago Sun Times.
The union, however, said an “agreement” has not been formalized and the proposal is merely a “framework that all of our members must first review and assess.”
Averting a CTU strike was a crossroads moment for CPS, and lays the groundwork for returning K-8 students to classrooms. One group, however, finds itself left out of the agreement: CPS’s 104,000-plus high school students.
Chicago Teachers Reach a Tentative Deal to Reopen Schools nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After weeks of negotiations, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have reached a tentative agreement to return children and teachers to classrooms, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Sunday. The deal, which will need to be ratified by the CTU’s House of Delegates, will allow teachers and students to return to classrooms in the coming weeks, with pre-K and.