ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts Archives

Latino Youth HS settles, strike continues at charter operator Instituto’s schools

By Chris Geovanis | May 6, 2019 | ACTS, News, News Advisory
File under: Charter, Charter Schools, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago Teachers Union, Class Size, Contract, CTU, IHSCA, IJLA, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Latino Youth High School, Strike

Latino Youth strikers win sanctuary protections, mental health support, restorative justice, culturally appropriate curricula for low-income, Latinx high school students, as strike at Instituto schools continues.

7A/1P TODAY: Friday actions to push management on financial shell games and demand fair contracts at three striking charter schools

By Chris Geovanis | May 2, 2019 | ACTS, Movement, News, News Advisory
File under: Charter, Charter Schools, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago High School for the Arts, Contract, CTU, CTU-ACTS, IHSCA, IJLA, Instituto, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, Instituto Justice Leadership Academy, Latino Youth High School, LYHS, Strike, YCCS, YCLA

7AM TODAY, May 3: Press conference/picket lines IHSCA, 2520 S. Western Ave., Chicago. (Picket lines at all three striking schools: IHSCA, IJLA, LYHS) 1PM TODAY, May 3: Rally and March IHSCA, 2520 S. Western Ave. Strikers will march to Instituto CEO’s office at...

CTU stands with CSO strikers as Mabie and fellow board members wage war on pensions for musicians and teachers

By CTU Communications | March 20, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Charter, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Contract, CSO, James Mabie, Jim Mabie, Pensions, Strike

Wealthy CSO board treasurer James Mabie co-founded ChiArts high school—and both outfits refuse to fund workers’ pensions. CHICAGO—Finance executives have salivated for decades at the prospect of getting their hands on workers’ retirement nest eggs and the...

We stand with striking musicians

By Chris Geovanis | March 11, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Contract, Jesse Sharkey, Strike

Any attack on the right to a retirement with dignity is wrong – whether it’s at a school like ChiArts, which is training the next generation of artists or a world class institution like the CSO, where our students aspire to perform one day, says CTU. CHICAGO, March...

Protest, 4:30P Monday, 3/11: ChiArts management locks public out of board meeting as contract talks drag

By CTU Communications | March 10, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Charter, Charter Schools, Charters, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts

Press conference: 4:30PM Monday, March 11 ChiArts High School, 2714 W. Augusta Blvd., Chicago Teachers to rally to demand fair contract as CTU members mull strike at ChiArts, what would be first strike of a publicly funded contract school in U.S. history....

The Chicago High School for the Arts teachers vote to unionize

By Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff | March 1, 2018 | ACTS, News
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Charter, ChiACTS, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Dan Montgomery, Donald Trump, IFT, Jesse Sharkey, Randi Weingarten

CHICAGO—Today, academic teachers and paraprofessionals from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) voted to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the charter school local that has recently merged with the Chicago Teachers Union. Educators...