“Due to the Chicago Teachers Union voting to not report to schools tomorrow, there will be no in-person or remote instruction for CPS students tomorrow, January 5th.
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- In a tweet thread announcing the final tally of the vote late Tuesday, the union said the action will only end if the surge in COVID-19 cases “substantially subsides” or the mayor’s team at CPS signs an agreement establishing conditions for return that are voted on and approved by the CTU House of Delegates.
- The CTU had been threatening to go on strike for several days amid a dispute with city officials over what they see as insufficient COVID-19 protocols.
- Chicago school officials said that if the teachers union refuses in-person classes, the action will be considered an illegal strike and disrupt plans for the roughly 290,000 students at non-charter schools.
- “If they do take a vote to do a walkout tomorrow, I have to cancel classes,” CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez said before the vote was finalized. “I am not closing the schools.
- The schools are going to be open. And so again, all staff will be welcome to come to school because we are going to have a plan for our families. I am not going to let our parents down.”
SOURCE: WASHINGGTONEXAMINER
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