Mayor’s CPS team agrees that testing, vaccines are path to safety — but won’t ramp up tests or shots
CHICAGO, November 30, 2021 — Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in wake of a press conference with Mayor Lightfoot’s top doc and CPS CEO: Science and sickness is telling us some ugly truths: this global pandemic is not...Nothing is more important than the trust and safety of our children
Nothing is more important than the trust of our children, and nothing is more reprehensible than the violation of that trust.
Educators demand relief from mayor’s handpicked ed board as CPS starves schools of staff, supports
Mayor’s CPS team promised to move $535 million out of $2.6 billion in COVID relief to schools, but students see no resources or relief on the ground as COVID rates tick back up. 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17: Press conference on chronic lack of cleanliness,...Lightfoot CPS team ignores acute shortages of staff, resources, supports at Lawndale school — and schools across district
Tuesday day of action across CPS will flag chronic issues of school safety, staffing, cleanliness, with no relief from $2.6 billion in federal COVID funds. 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16: Press conference with CTU rank and file, officers. B-roll opportunity: parent...
Access to vaccines for CPS students now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination severely limited in South Side communities
We cannot have any kind of dysfunction from the mayor and her CPS leaders around getting our youngest students vaccinated.
CTU to vax kids Friday as families scramble for COVID shots — and mayor’s CPS team rejects expanding school vax access
Poor city planning kicks off another round of vaccine ‘Hunger Games’, as Lightfoot refusal to step up vax in schools leaves Black and Brown students in the lurch for easy access to lifesaving shots. NOON press availability, FREE vaccine event from 12:00 p.m. –...
Closing schools to allow time for vaccination appointments is the right move
The more that CPS, in partnership with our union, addresses the totality of safety and wellness, the more hope we provide our students, and their families and communities.
