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The Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have sent a “final offer” to the Chicago Teachers Union on reopening the schools to in-person instruction.
“Yesterday afternoon, we received a counter proposal from CTU leadership and responded with our last, best, and final offer,” Mayor Lightfoot said in a statement. “We expect a response from CTU leadership today.”
WLS-TV is reporting that a tentative deal on testing and teacher vaccinations has been reached. But the sticking point appears to be “health metrics” when schools should close down if an outbreak occurs.
With a deal that close, you don’t think the teachers would call the mayor’s bluff and refuse to budge on the health metrics issue, do you? In fact, the pressure is all on the CPS and not the teachers. They will take their own sweet time in making a deal, forcing Lightfoot and the CPS to sweat it out.
Feb 5, 2021
CHICAGO (AP) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanded Thursday that the city’s teachers union reach agreement on COVID-19 safety protocols by the end of the day and bring students back to the classroom, but did not say what she would do if that doesn’t happen.
Speaking during a news conference, Lightfoot was visibly angry at the Chicago Teachers Union, saying she thinks the union is giving her the runaround and is refusing to give her office and school district officials a straight answer on its demands.
“We waited for hours and hours last night and still did not receive a proposal from the CTU leadership, and as of this morning we are still waiting,” she said. “We need to get a deal done and get it done today. I expect to hear from them, no more delay.”
Insanity Wrap needs to know: Is it really not a lie if you believe it?
Answer: Sorry, no but nobody tell that to Don Lemon or Chris Cuomo; they’d never believe it.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
New York Dems stonewall nursing home deaths investigation
Carjackings up 283% in Chicago unexpectedly!
Jen Psaki lies (an ongoing series) about CDC guidance
And so much more.
This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006
Feelings, nothing more than… feelings:
Cuomo said, “They’re going after one of the Democrats because the Democrats are going after one of theirs. Mr. Noise Pollution over there at state TV and the others they want to frame the Democrats for January 6th. They’ve been leaking it out all these different ways that there’s an untold story, that this was a setup. It’s all BS, and it’s their toxicity. You heard Katie Porter say AOC was freaked out. Let me tell you, I lived a situation like that, and it doesn’t ha
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Updated on February 5, 2021 at 3:54 pm
Chicago Public Schools officials say they are working on a response to a counter proposal from the Chicago Teachers Union as both sides continue negotiations over the return to in-person learning.
Meanwhile, the state of Illinois has added 80 new COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Here are the latest COVID-19 headlines from around the state:
Chicago Officials Urge Safety Amid Super Bowl Celebrations This Weekend
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady on Friday advised people to follow safety precautions, especially while the city is seeing the lowest COVID-19 positivity rates since October.