Urban Prep strike goes into day two, as CTU flags financial concerns
CTU and management bargained late into Monday, but remain far apart on issues that include probation, special education needs. 7:30 a.m. TODAY, Tuesday, June 8: socially distanced press conference with educators, parents. Urban Prep Englewood campus, 6201 S. Stewart...CTU educators strike Urban Prep charter operator
Management continues to reject language protecting special education students, classroom needs, student resources in contract negotiations that have dragged on for three years. 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 7: socially distanced press conference with educators, parents....Charter headlines for the week of May 31, 2021
Members at Urban Prep voted unanimously to strike unless management comes to the table with a more reasonable offer. CTU pressure pushed ASPIRA to retract non-renewal notices for Union members. Epic Academy terminated four of the most active CTU members on the bargaining team, prompting members to prepare to strike. Youth Connections Leadership Academy has reversed course on closing the school. CTU pushed the General Assembly to close a loophole that allowed ChiArts and other contract schools to skip contributions to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.
CTU educators vote unanimously to strike Urban Prep charter schools
Union also files unfair labor practice charge against management, which has dragged out contract negotiations for three years as boss starves special education, classroom needs. CHICAGO, May 27, 2021 — Rank and file CTU members at three Urban Prep charter schools...CTU educators consider striking Urban Prep for squandering funds for student needs
Years of mismanagement, student neglect comes as charter operator wins $3 million in federal COVID support, fails to invest in special education or critical student needs. CHICAGO, May 26, 2021 — Urban Prep charter schools has been plagued by mismanagement for years,...Charter school headlines for the week of Dec. 6, 2020
CTU members at Namaste are cautiously optimistic that their organizing against in-person instruction has paid off. Educators at Epic Academy kicked off negotiations this week on their first collective bargaining agreement. Acero parents and teachers continue to fight staff layoffs. And everyone is wondering where Urban Prep’s $1.2 million in federal stimulus loans went because it hasn’t shown up in classrooms.
If Urban Prep West can close, no school is safe
Closure of campus serving African-American young men is the latest transgression in the wholesale removal of Blacks from the city of Chicago.
