Chicago Public Schools 'still far apart' with teachers: union says - Chicago Tribune
“What’s needed is the ability to work together (toward) an agreement to start instruction,” CTU President Jesse Sharkey said during a Monday morning news conference. Lightfoot, whose administration has repeatedly asserted that schools are safe for students despite record numbers of COVID-19 cases, said Sunday her administration “categorically” rejects a districtwide return to remote learning. “To be clear, what the Chicago Teachers Union did was an illegal walkout,” Lightfoot said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families.”. CPS reported 10 new cases at Spry Elementary last week, with 37 people in quarantine as of Sunday. “We understand the public wants this impasse to end,” Sharkey said Monday. Repeating his plea for collaboration, Sharkey said: “We don’t like bullies