Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools leaders extended remote learning Monday for two more days and called for a “cooling-off period” in negotiations with the teachers’ union, citing progress but not a full agreement on COVID-19 safety plans for returning to schools. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said in a joint statement that teachers would not be locked out of teaching platforms for failing to show up to schools “as a gesture of good faith,” walking back earlier threats that had prompted union officials to entertain a strike in the nation’s third-largest school district. “And we’re one step closer to that goal today, because management has agreed to stay at the table rather than escalating conflict or locking out educators.” Roughly 62,000 students and about 10,000 teachers and staff in K-8 were expected to start school Monday for the first time since last March, part of the district’s gradual reopening plans during the pandemic. District officials said Black and Latino students, who make up the vast majority of the district, have been especially hard hit since going fully remote last March.
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