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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Nader Issa

Lightfoot campaign promises to stop soliciting CPS student volunteers after criticism

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign faced backlash for its solicitation of student volunteers through Chicago Public Schools teachers. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection campaign has promised to stop contacting Chicago Public Schools teachers after it faced backlash for soliciting volunteer work from their students in exchange for class credit, a move a former city inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”

The race for City Hall is shifting into high gear with seven weeks left until Election Day, and Lightfoot is looking for all the help she can get.

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