“The ball is in the CTU’s court,” she told reporters this morning. “Despite a series of productive exchanges between CPS and the CTU leadership on Monday and Tuesday that should absolutely have led to a comprehensive agreement, we are deeply disappointed to announce we still have not reached a deal. Yesterday, there were a series of steps backwards that were simply not productive.” Lightfoot said that after “80 plus” meetings between the two sides “we are out of runway.” She said CPS has “bent over backward” to accommodate CTU’s issues and concerns. “We waited for hours last night — hours — and still did not receive a proposal from the Chicago Teachers Union leadership,” Lightfoot said. “And as of this morning, we are still waiting, but to be clear, not patiently — not anymore.”