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Rank and file members of the chicago teacher union on whether they would want to move strictly to virtual learning, which of course goes against what the school district asked them to do and the district just sent out communication to parents just a few moments ago warning them that tomorrow classes could be cancelled. and saying that we won't know until after 9:00 p.m. local time. now, the two sides were at the negotiation table earlier today and part of the concern for the chicago teachers union is they don't believe the current measures in place by the school district are safe enough to ret...

Martinez, arguing this current tactic of negotiation isn't practical. >> i have been very, very clear that it is not practical to have a district-wide decision when there is such a variance across our city on how covid is affecting us. >> it feels like groundhog day. they are compelling leadership to harm hundreds of thousands of chicago families who rely upon c.p.s. for their daily needs. for their education, for their nutrition, for their safety. that's real harm. >> reporter: now, part of what the district has proposed includes school-level metrics on when to move to remote learning. for ex...

School basis. listen to chicago mayor lori li lightfoot on what she saw got them across the finish line. >> we reached an agreement on the metrics for at a school-based level for when we needed to convert a classroom or school. not surprisingly the component parts of that depend upon staff and/or student absences. we test in every school every week now. but we've added some layers to enhance the testing. >> reporter: on those school based metrics the chief of staff said during the periods of high transmission it would take 40% of the student population to have an absent to move virtual. testin...

And the teachers union not too long ago. we know some of the major sticking points come from met tr -- metrics to take schools to remote. mayor light foot confirmed that agreement is part of what got things at least to the end and the teachers union said it would constitute 30% of a student population to be absent because of covid during cdc designated periods of high transmission and 50% during other times. now, another major point of contention was of course, trying to increase the capacity for testing and one important note there is that in recent days, saturday, governor here in illinois s...

Aisle. saying that the measures, like universal masking, social distancing, are working. but also, offering to go a step further saying that they would -- they are proposing metrics at the school level to then go to remote learning. for example, if 50% of the student population has to isolate or quarantine, they prefer doing that as opposed to a district-wide move, which of course is what the teachers union is voting on now. erin. >> thank you very much, omar. i want to go to cary rodriguez now. she is president of the natural parents union and seattle area high line public schools superintend...