{"id":120732,"date":"2021-02-08T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120732"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:12:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T16:12:46","slug":"chicago-schools-to-reopen-after-city-teachers-union-reach-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-schools-to-reopen-after-city-teachers-union-reach-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago schools to reopen after city, teachers union reach deal"},"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\">20<\/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-schools-to-reopen-after-city-teachers-union-reach-deal%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=120732&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 id=\"attachment_2368058\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368058\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2368058 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21033651500435-655x437.jpg\" alt width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2368058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, preschool students eat lunch at Dawes Elementary in Chicago. Pressure is building on school systems around the U.S. to reopen classrooms to students who have been learning online for nearly a year. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 7:00 AM PT \u2013 Monday, February 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Schools in Chicago are set to reopen this week after city leaders reached a tentative agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union. Mayor Lori Lightfoot made that announcement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Schools are set to begin a phased return to in-person learning. The agreement reportedly meets many of the union\u2019s demands, including vaccinations for teachers who want them and language that will allow teachers to take unpaid leave if they choose to stay home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\uddd3 Pre-k &amp; cluster programs: students and staff return Thurs., 2\/11<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3 Grades K \u2013 5: Teachers and staff return 2\/22; students return 3\/1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3 Grades 6 \u2013 8: Teachers and staff return 3\/1; students return 3\/8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rqtupSwGTs\">pic.twitter.com\/rqtupSwGTs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Public Schools (@ChiPubSchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiPubSchools\/status\/1358485502337417222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Lightfoot called it a victory for families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, let me express my gratitude to our parents and our students for their fearlessness and for drawing superhuman patience to navigate everything that\u2019s been thrown at you over this last year,\u201d she stated. \u201cThis entire school year has been incredibly hard on you and your families and I understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, per-kindergarten students are expected to return Thursday while kindergarten through fifth grade students will return beginning in March.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW: Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Jackson provide an update on CPS&#8217; plan for a safe return to classrooms. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUtxWUBrGc\">https:\/\/t.co\/wUtxWUBrGc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1358474181659095043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-sen-wicker-blasts-second-impeachment-trial\/\">GOP Sen. Wicker blasts second impeachment trial<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892867,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3645,4387,5269,4200,3735,4605],"class_list":["post-120732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-after","tag-chicago","tag-city","tag-reopen","tag-schools","tag-teachers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120732","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}