Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is insisting that public school teachers resume in-person learning, as the city makes little progress in an effort to reach a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to reopen schools that have been closed since last spring.
The Chicago Public Schools district, which serves over 355,000 students, is aiming to reopen K-8 schools on Feb. 1 for an estimated 71,000 children in those grades who wish to learn in person, as part of a phased-in school reopening plan. The union-backed teachers, citing safety concerns due to the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, refuse to teach classes inside school buildings and have threatened to go on strike.
