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CPS needs 5,000 LSC candidates as application deadline extended to March 9

A total of 1,269 applications had been submitted through Wednesday for 6,239 LSC positions across 509 schools. Community members, parents, teachers, support staff and students are eligible to run for LSCs.

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‘My childhood was stolen. Why is my adulthood being taken, too?’ The rape survivors waiting 1,000 days for prosecution

Court closures, defunded legal aid and barrister shortages are adding to an already excruciating ordeal, while invasive investigations are leading many to drop proceedings altogether

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CPS to drop mask mandate ‘in the near future,’ CEO says

The move to a mask-optional policy would follow the vast majority of Illinois school districts that have abandoned their requirements amid an ongoing legal challenge.

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CPS principals continue push for collective bargaining rights

A bill to allow Chicago principals to unionize passed the Illinois House on Tuesday and is expected to come up for committee debate in the Senate later this month.

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‘When a child tells you who they are, believe them’: the psychologist taking on Texas’ anti-trans policies

Dr Megan Mooney is suing Texas governor Greg Abbott to stop his classification of gender-affirming care as ‘child abuse’

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Masks still rule in Chicago schools ‘for now’ as most of Illinois ditches them; CEO says he’s reviewing guidance

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

Chicago Tribune

Maskless Monday no reason to celebrate, some say

A coalition of community groups, public health advocates and parents of Chicago Public School students accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker of caving to political pressure to lift the mandates — and putting Black and Brown lives in danger in the process.

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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.

Chicago Tribune

Pritzker halts Illinois' school mask mandate with arrival of new CDC guidance

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the hotly debated virus mitigation strategy for the general public.

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CPS LSC candidate application deadline nears with few registered for April election

While many applications are typically submitted within the last week of the window, district officials were pushing to spread awareness ahead of the deadline.

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Failure to prosecute rapists is letting dangerous perpetrators go free, watchdog warns

Study suggests 60% of alleged rapists have previously committed other crimes - but only 1.3% of rapes are prosecuted

The Independent UK

Rape charge dropped against serving Met officer

A Metropolitan Police officer has been cleared of rape after prosecutors dropped the case against him.

Evening Standard

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.

Chicago Tribune

CPS board affirms mask mandate, but CEO hopes they can be optional before end of school year

"I do predict there’ll be a day we can go mask optional," CPS CEO Pedro Martinez told the Board of Education at its meeting Wednesday. "And I would love that to happen before the end of the school year."

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CPS reaches settlements in 3 special ed students’ sex assault lawsuits

The Board of Education approved a $1 million payment in a case involving an alleged attack by another student in a bathroom at a Rogers Park school.

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Afternoon Edition: Feb. 22, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Thousands of Chicago college students — and some parents — to get full college scholarships: ‘This is life changing'

Hope Chicago stunned families at Benito Juarez H.S. with the announcement Tuesday, and officials say more schools benefitting from the program will be revealed soon. Eventually 24,000 students and 6,000 parents will get scholarships.

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Chicago lifting mask and vaccine mandates on Feb. 28 but will keep masks in schools for now

Rather than risk yet another confrontation with the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will follow the agreement they struck with CTU to end a dispute that canceled classes for five days last month.

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CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

Evening Standard

CPS boss Max Hill QC accused of presiding over ‘most catastrophic period in ...history for prosecuting rape’

The Director of Public Prosecutions was on Tuesday accused of presiding over the “most catastrophic period in .. history for prosecuting rape” in an extraordinary dressing down from the Victims’ Commissioner.

Wales Online

'Crisis of public trust' in how criminal justice system deals with rape

Figures released earlier this year showed that in the 12 months to September 2021, only 1.3 per cent of the 63,136 rape offences recorded by police resulted in a suspect being charged

The Guardian - UK

Met officers charged over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group named

Jonathan Cobban, William Neville and former officer Joel Borders charged over alleged racist and misogynistic messages

Evening Standard

Named: Two Met police officers and ex-cop charged over ‘grossly offensive’ messages in Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group

The three were named by the CPS on Tuesday as Pc Jonathon Cobban, Pc William Neville and ex-constable Joel Borders

The Independent UK

Police officers charged with sharing offensive messages with Wayne Couzens named

Pc Jonathon Cobban, 35, Pc William Neville, 33, and former officer Joel Borders, 45, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 16.

Chicago Tribune

Pritzker to take school mask case to Illinois Supreme Court after ruling leaves masking up to local districts

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to step in after his administration lost an attempt to keep statewide masking and other COVID-19 mitigation measures at schools in place, as more than 500 Illinois districts pivot to mask optional policies.

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