{"id":1194041,"date":"2022-01-06T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194041"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:19:20","slug":"chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-accuses-teachers-union-of-holding-students-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-accuses-teachers-union-of-holding-students-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Accuses Teachers\u2019 Union of Holding Students \u2018Hostage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-accuses-teachers-union-of-holding-students-hostage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1322365617-e1630171175422-639x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) said Wednesday evening the Chicago Teachers\u2019 Union (CTU) is holding students \u201chostage\u201d by refusing to allow teachers to show up for work on Thursday morning for in-person learning with claims of fears of the spread of coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not allow [the Chicago Teachers Union] to take our children hostage,\u201d Lightfoot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-public-schools-cancel-classes-for-second-straight-day-amid-fight-with-teachers-union\">said&nbsp;<\/a>during a press conference, according to Fox News. \u201cI will not allow them to compromise the future of this generation of CPS students. That is not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE ON CLASSES FOR 1\/6: There will be no in-person or remote instruction for CPS students Thursday, January 6. All after-school programs and other events are also canceled. For information on resources and Friday, January 7, please review the attached letter. (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XNrZkfAnlD\">pic.twitter.com\/XNrZkfAnlD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CPS \u2013 Chicago Public Schools (@ChiPubSchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiPubSchools\/status\/1478893334747881474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the report, Lightfoot denied a demand from CTU that the district require all \u201cstaff, students, vendors, and volunteers\u201d to produce a negative COVID-19 PCR test before returning to in-person learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to rob parents of their right and their obligation to tell us if they want testing or not on their children,\u201d Lightfoot said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen. It\u2019s morally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an interview with WBEZ Wednesday as well, Lightfoot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-teacher-union-leaders-for-chaos\/387bfde3-3403-4be8-930f-6ff7378bc8e0\">said:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We love our teachers. We appreciate them. But the CTU leadership is a whole different matter. And we cannot allow them to blow up the school system because they decide that they want to engage in disruptive, chaotic conduct.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The action will end when one of the following conditions is met: The current surge in cases substantially subsides, or the mayor&#8217;s team at CPS signs an agreement establishing conditions for return that are voted on and approved by the the CTU House of Delegates.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1478590811579334661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pedro Martinez, CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest public school district in the nation, announced during a press conference Wednesday in-person learning would be cancelled on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/05\/chicago-teachers-union-to-strike-against-in-person-learning\/\">voted<\/a> on Tuesday, with 73 percent in favor of not showing up for in-person learning until their demands were met for greater health and safety conditions in schools, including more coronavirus testing and vaccination sites, and ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>CTU voted to teach remotely and accused Lightfoot of locking them out of their online platforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Educators: Continue working remotely, and safely. Our solidarity is our strength. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoriLockout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoriLockout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AdfFhaagZd\">pic.twitter.com\/AdfFhaagZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1479096441658392583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chicago Teachers Union, in an overnight message to members: <br \/>Meet &#8220;at or near&#8221; your schools today to make a plan for reaching parents in your area, getting them to sign a petition in support of the union&#8217;s demands + signing them up for COVID testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mila Koumpilova (@MilaKoumpilova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MilaKoumpilova\/status\/1479108781258645511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 2 of trying to teach my students virtually, only to find that once again locked out of my CPS accounts by Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lightfoot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoriLockout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoriLockout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NodSrw3A3U\">pic.twitter.com\/NodSrw3A3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Stieber (@D_Stieber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/D_Stieber\/status\/1479096681778065409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Chicago\u2019s Mayor\u2069 REALLY supported  in-person learning she would make it safe by:<\/p>\n<p>-testing students before a return to school<br \/>-distributing KN95 masks widely<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU Chicago teachers for fighting for student &amp; family safety!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CTULocal1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GENBCGpp8S\">https:\/\/t.co\/GENBCGpp8S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CynthiaNixon\/status\/1478706935256031232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CPS subsequently cancelled classes on Wednesday and also refused to allow remote learning for students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In March 2021, CPS readied to receive another $1.8 billion in coronavirus taxpayer relief funds as part of a nearly $129 billion K-12 education spending bill that was part of President Joe Biden\u2019s massive $1.9 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/offices\/american-rescue-plan\/american-rescue-plan-elementary-and-secondary-school-emergency-relief\/\">American Rescue Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/09\/biden-education-dept-announces-blueprint-to-make-equity-focus-of-schools\/\">described<\/a> by many as having provided \u201chistoric\u201d and \u201cunprecedented\u201d federal funding to K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>This outlay to assist with coronavirus relief was the third infusion of federal funding for CPS since the start of the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/education\/2021\/3\/10\/22323922\/cps-public-schools-covid-19-relief-bill-american-rescue-plan\">reported<\/a> the <em>Chicago Sun Times<\/em>, noting the district received a combined $925 million in 2020 from two initial grants.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/01\/05\/chicago-health-commissioner-covid-hospitalizations-for-kids-comparable-to-flu-staff-is-safer-in-school-i-worry-about-closures-lasting\/\">said<\/a> Wednesday during an interview on CNN\u2019s <em>Don Lemon Tonight <\/em>she was concerned a failure to continue in-person learning \u201ccould just keep going on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve got to, at some level, learn to live with COVID with the appropriate safety mitigations in place,\u201d Arwady added, contrasting that image with the \u201cnegative consequences\u201d of \u201calmost 100,000 kids disconnected from learning with the extended remote period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) said Wednesday evening the Chicago Teachers\u2019 Union (CTU) is holding students \u201chostage\u201d by refusing to allow teachers to show up for work on Thursday morning &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}