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Chicago Teachers Union tells labor board CPS violated COVID-19 safety agreement

CHICAGO — Officials with the Chicago Teachers Union argued Monday that the halting of the universal masking requirement at Chicago Public Schools last month violated their COVID-19 safety agreement by rescinding a key tenet of the plan without reopening collective bargaining.

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Illinois school districts await $87 million owed after state overpaid Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Hundreds of Illinois school districts are awaiting their share of $87 million in funding mistakenly allocated to Chicago Public Schools, which has been asked to reimburse the state for the overpayment.

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Vallas to decide by Memorial Day whether to enter 2023 race for mayor

In round one of the 2019 mayoral sweepstakes, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas finished with 5.43% of the vote. Vallas believes the outcome will be dramatically different if he runs again.

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Chicago Public Schools asked to repay $87 million it got from ‘coding error’; state funds were due to other Illinois districts

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will distribute $87.5 million to hundreds of school districts that were underpaid because of a “coding error” — while seeking repayment from Chicago Public Schools, which mistakenly got the funds.

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6 Chicago teachers who sued CPS over its vaccine mandate win legal victory

CHICAGO — An Illinois judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday that prevents Chicago Public Schools from taking employment action against six teachers for refusing to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing.

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Asking good questions can help CTU members decide who will lead union

The May 20 elections are important for CTU members but they are also relevant for all those affected by the union’s decisions, including Chicago Public Schools students and their parents.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill giving vaccinated teachers paid COVID-19 time off

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a similar version of the bill after a January standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools. But the revised version adds the vaccinated provision as another way to incentivize teachers and school employees to get immunized.

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CPS security guard charged with sexually assaulting teenage student

Cook County Judge Mary Marubio ordered Tywain Carter, 29, held in lieu of posting $20,000 bond at a hearing Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.

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CPS teachers get in heated feud after one hangs African American doll from cord in classroom

Whitney Young Principal Joyce Kenner said in an email Tuesday that an official incident report was filed after the dustup and said the school would follow “the official disciplinary protocol established by Chicago Public Schools.”

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CPS says COVID-19 quarantine policy to continue as some parents call for return ‘to normal before it’s too late’

Chicago Public Schools will continue to direct students who contract COVID-19 and unvaccinated students exposed to the virus to temporarily stay home, leaders said Wednesday as a group of parents called on the district to end its contact tracing and quarantine policies.

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CPS releases calendar for 2022-23 school year

Chicago Public Schools students are due back Aug. 22 for what would be the district’s earliest start in recent memory.

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The mask mandate returns to six Chicago Public Schools classrooms amid COVID-19 spike at school

CHICAGO — Brenna O’Brien, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Chicago’s John C. Coonley Elementary School, wasn’t sure over the weekend what she’s going to do on Monday when her kids were supposed to be back in their classrooms.

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Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids wore face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

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Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids were wearing face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

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Chicago teachers ‘pissed off and exhausted’ over mask mandate lifting, but CPS vows to work with union to avoid another work stoppage

CHICAGO — The head of Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday he does not anticipate a teacher work stoppage from the upcoming removal of the districtwide mask mandate, even as the Chicago Teachers Union swiftly vowed to fight the decision.

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Chicago Public Schools to drop mask mandate on March 14; teachers union vows to fight the change without collective bargaining

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools announced Monday it will make masks optional for staff and students at schools and on school buses beginning March 14, setting up another showdown with the Chicago Teachers Union over COVID-19 safety protocols.

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CPS ends mask mandate

After the district announced Monday that face coverings will be optional at all Chicago Public Schools starting next week, the CTU said it would file an unfair labor practice charge.

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$1B scholarship program for CPS students and their parents is key to stopping violence, Hope Chicago CEO Janice Jackson says

“If we are really trying to change these problems that seem intractable ... you have to go to students who haven’t traditionally taken advantage of these opportunities,” former Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson told the Sun-Times.

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Masks remain the rule in Chicago Public Schools ‘for now’ as rest of Illinois mostly ditches them; CEO says he’s reviewing guidance

CHICAGO — Masks mandates are ending in most of Chicago and Illinois Monday, but not in the state’s largest school district.

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Masks are staying in Chicago Public Schools, but some parents demand to know ‘where is the COVID-19 off-ramp?’

CHICAGO — The mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools was the first order of business at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, which President Miguel del Valle opened by restating that masks are staying on in schools, despite the imminent end of the city’s requirement.

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Mask mandates now up to local school districts as Pritzker takes case to state Supreme Court

Chicago Public Schools said it will continue to require face masks.

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CPS could face another union at the bargaining table if principals get law changed

A bill allowing Chicago Public Schools principals to unionize passed an Illinois House committee Wednesday.

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Feds allege another scam at North Side elementary school, charge 3 former administrators

An indictment said the administrators helped cheat the Chicago Public Schools out of $250,000 by submitting bogus orders and invoices for school supplies that really concealed the receipt of iPhones, iPads and $30,000 in gift cards for a former principal.

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Judge clears former CPS special education student’s sexual assault lawsuit for trial

The boy’s family accused Chicago Public Schools, through its employees at Bogan high school, of failing to properly supervise the two children, both 15 at the time with cognitive disabilities.

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New report details factors in CPS enrollment drop

The report, produced by Kids First Chicago, says the slowing growth of Latino families and a steady out-migration of Black families from Chicago are big reasons for the downward trend at Chicago Public Schools.

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