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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Two CPS teachers who protested General Iron face firing for encouraging students to do the same

Teacher Chuck Stark speaks at a protest near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home at the end of a hunger strike he participated in last year. CPS proposes firing him for activities related to General Iron protests. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

Two Chicago Public Schools teachers face firing for their roles encouraging high school students to protest the proposed move of General Iron to the Southeast Side, an action that their union says is retaliation for embarrassing Mayor Lori Lightfoot during the years-long debate.

George Washington High School teachers Chuck Stark and Lauren Bianchi were two of the most visible activists fighting the planned relocation of the metal-shredding operation from Lincoln Park to East 116th Street along the Calumet River.

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