{"id":1195216,"date":"2022-01-06T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T01:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195216"},"modified":"2022-01-06T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T01:04:30","slug":"breaking-chicago-schools-to-close-for-third-consecutive-day-as-teachers-union-fights-return-to-in-person-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-chicago-schools-to-close-for-third-consecutive-day-as-teachers-union-fights-return-to-in-person-class\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chicago Schools To Close For Third Consecutive Day As Teachers Union Fights Return To In-Person Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fbreaking-chicago-schools-to-close-for-third-consecutive-day-as-teachers-union-fights-return-to-in-person-class%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=1195216&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--><p>Chicago public schools have canceled classes for the third consecutive day as the city negotiates with the Chicago Teachers Union over appropriate COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming semester.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers union sent out a message to its members earlier this week instructing them to stay home Wednesday. That work action has now persisted through the end of the week, according to district officials who announced that Friday\u2019s classes would likely be canceled throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>The union has pushed for classes to return to online instruction because of the spread of the latest variant of the coronavirus. District officials have continued to assert that there is no plan to return to online teaching, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-chicago-illinois-fb002d901502f7c56c079be9111b2dfd\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The union-driven standoff began two days after students returned to class following winter break. Now, the 350,000-student school district, third-largest in the nation, has frozen again except in \u201ca small number of schools\u201d where some staff have continued to show up despite the union-endorsed work action, according to district officials. Officials have deemed the school freeze an \u201cillegal work stoppage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat who has previously been supportive of a heavy-handed response to COVID-19, blasted the teachers union on Thursday over the school stoppage, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-blasts-teachers-union-pandemic\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I think the only way to read it is the union trying to politicize the pandemic, which is really incredibly sad,\u201d Lightfoot said during an appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked what the teachers union got out of pursuing the fight, Lightfoot responded that the union gets to \u201cflex their power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do it at the expense of our children,\u201d she said. \u201cThey do it at the expense of our families. We know that when we were fully remote previously, 100,000 of our kids lost contact and would disengage from the system. We saw in the elementary schools the failure rate during remote learning triple from what it was. We saw the trauma and social emotional harm to students across our system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is about politics, it\u2019s not about the pandemic,\u201d she continued. \u201cFundamentally the absolute wrong thing to do right now is to abandon the science and data that tells us unequivocally that our schools in person are the best place for our students to be. So we\u2019re drawing a line. Enough is enough. I\u2019m tired of the Groundhog Day appearance of everything that goes on with the Chicago Teachers Union leadership. We need partnership, we don\u2019t need conflict right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Union president Jesse Sharkey blamed Lightfoot for the school stoppage, dubbing the Chicago mayor \u201cLockout Lori\u201d in an email to union members because teachers have been unable to access their remote teaching tools online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have rights to safety and we\u2019ve been at the bargaining table for 20 months to secure those rights,\u201d Sharkey said, according to the AP. \u201cWe haven\u2019t shifted the goal posts one bit; in fact, we\u2019ve been saying the same thing for months: Please, work WITH us to set up comprehensive testing, work with us to vaccinate students, and work with us to establish basic guard rails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago public schools have canceled classes for the third consecutive day as the city negotiates with the Chicago Teachers Union over appropriate COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming semester. The teachers union sent out a message to its members earlier this week instructing them to stay home Wednesday. 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