Chicago Rejects Teachers Union Proposal to Make Classes Virtual

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, here speaking during a June 2021 press conference, is among big city mayors who support using federal pandemic assistance money to fund experimental guaranteed income programs, such as Chicago’s plan approved in April 2021 to provide 5,000 eligible recipients with $500 a month for one year beginning in August 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

Chicago officials on Jan. 8 forcefully rejected a teachers union proposal that would make classes virtual for at least four days.

“CTU leadership, you’re not listening,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city schools CEO Pedro Martinez said in a statement. “The best, safest place for kids to be is in school. Students need to be back in person as soon as possible. That’s what parents want. That’s what the science supports. We will not relent.”