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7A Thurs: Haines Elementary families join educators to demand reversal of mayor’s devastating school budget cuts

May 18, 2022 | News,Press Release With schools currently funded at only 65% ‘adequacy’, mayor’s $60+ million budget cuts come as CPS sits on $1.4 billion in federal COVID relief dollars and low-balls scope of harm, which will force split classrooms, larger classes, less resources for students who desperately need stable supports.. 7:00 a.m. THURSDAY, May 19 : Haines elementary school... read more

7A Thursday: Haines’ families join educators to demand reversal of mayor’s devastating school budget cuts

May 17, 2022 | News With schools currently funded at only 65% ‘adequacy’, mayor’s $60+ million budget cuts come as CPS sits on $1.4 billion in federal COVID relief dollars and low-balls scope of harm, which will force split classrooms, larger classes, less resources for students who desperately need stable supports.. TODAY, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 17: Fair contract rally,... read more

CTU charter school educators to rally for accountability, equity from operators, mayor’s CPS ‘oversight’ team

May 16, 2022 | News,Press Release Unionized charter school teachers and support staff at over 30 schools with 13 different operators launch unified contract campaign to reduce desperate staff shortages, strengthen affordable health care for workers, stabilize schools. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 17: Rally, press availability with rank and file CTU charter educators, officers, allies. CPS headquarters, 42 W. Madison, Chicago... read more

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Same Storm, Different Boats: The Safe and Equitable Conditions For Reopening CPS in 2020-21

Parents, students, and teachers want to go back to school in person and want to do so safely. Will that be possible in September? Is there a number of educator or student deaths that we are willing to accept in order to have in-person school? Are CPS, the city, and the state willing to spend the money to make school reopening safe?

These questions are of particular concern in Chicago, where 84% of students and 50% of staff are Black, Latinx, multi-racial, or Native American. 1 The consequences of racist health care, discriminatory housing, and employment practices are that these students, educators, and their families are at greater risk of contracting and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19.

Also, a large percentage of staff are at increased risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19 due to their age and/or underlying health conditions. Half of CTU’s membership live in the Chicago zip codes with the highest rates of COVID-19, totaling well over 35,000 positive cases.

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