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CTU Supporters Rally At Clissold During Teachers Strike: Video
Chicago Teachers Union supporters gathered outside Clissold Elementary School in Morgan Park Thursday morning.
CHICAGO — Supporters of Chicago Public Schools teachers took to the Western Avenue sidewalk outside Clissold Elementary School in Morgan Park on Thursday morning to show their support for the Chicago Teachers Union on the first day of the teachers strike.
The group gathered with several signs and music playing as passing cars honked in either support or against the rally.
The strike is Chicago's first major walkout by teachers since 2012. City officials announced early Wednesday that all classes had been canceled for Thursday in hopes of giving more planning time to the parents of more than 300,000 students.
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Just before 9 a.m., the numbers at the rally grew larger as another group was headed south on Western toward the rally site.
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State Sen. Bill Cunningham was among the dozens in attendance.
Watch below a portion of the rally held outside Clissold.
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