The first-term mayor dismissed questions about her leadership and was quick to say the only losers in the negotiations were children who were out of school.Ĭity officials have argued that schools are safe with protocols in place and have touted a $100 million safety plan, including air purifiers in each classroom. “We’re back to square one and back and they don’t have a back up plan,” she said of the dispute. She said the safety plan should have been in place months ago after last year's expired, particularly after kids lost out on education during remote learning. Parent Shavon Harris, who has a 10-year-old son enrolled at a North Side school where nearly all the students are Black and low-income, said district communication was poor, including about COVID-testing.
Lightfoot and school leaders also took criticism for their handling from parents, particularly in waiting to announce school cancelations until the evening hours each day, lobbing sharp comments at the union and avoiding questions from local reporters for the national news circuit. He wasn't confident any of the measures in the agreement would add protection for students or staff. The union’s elected negotiators “are busting their behind to get the city to agree to basic safety measures,” but the city and particularly Mayor Lori Lightfoot refused to budge, Stieber said. Voting was to end Wednesday.ĭave Stieber, a social studies and poetry teacher at a South Side high school, said Tuesday that he would vote against the proposal - but all of his frustration was with the city. Union President Jesse Sharkey acknowledged it “wasn’t a home run,” a day before some 25,000 rank-and-file members were due to start voting on the deal. The union’s house of delegates approved the deal by 63%, lower than the 80% who voted a week earlier to teach remotely. The tentative deal didn't include two key provisions the union wanted: Metrics to prompt district-wide remote learning and assurances that union members wouldn’t be punished for failing to report to schools. Many union members also seemed displeased with the end results, saying they fell far short of initial demands. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Show More Show Less Hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a fourth day Monday, after leaders of the nation's third-largest school district failed to resolve a deepening clash with the influential teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Show More Show Less 8 of12 Cheri Warner, second from right, her daughter, Brea, right, stand with Zerlina Smith-Members, second from left, and her son, Journey, calling for the Chicago school district and teacher's union to focus on getting students back in the classroom Monday, Jan. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Show More Show LessĦ of12 7 of12 Cheri Warner, right, stands with her daughter, Brea, as they join other parents calling for the Chicago school district and teacher's union to focus on getting students back in the classroom Monday, Jan. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Show More Show Less 5 of12 Cheri Warner, left, stands with her daughter, Brea, as they join other parents calling for the Chicago school district and teacher's union to focus on getting students back in the classroom Monday, Jan. 3 of12 4 of12 Cheri Warner, left, stands with her daughter, Brea, and speaks calling for the Chicago school district and teacher's union to focus on getting students back in the classroom Monday, Jan.
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