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CPS Moves Return Date For Teachers To Wednesday After Union Vote
Kindergarten through eighth grade teachers were scheduled to return to classrooms Monday. But it didn't happen.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Kindergarten through eighth grade teachers were scheduled to return to classrooms Monday, Jan. 25. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade are set to return a week later on Monday, Feb. 1. In response to the CTU vote, CPS pushed the return date to Wednesday, Jan. 27, as bargaining continues. The scheduled return date for students has not changed. Remote learning will continue until then, and those students and teachers who have already returned to in person learning for pre-kindergarten and special education cluster classes will continue.
CPS previously called the move an attempt to “cancel in-person learning for tens of thousands” of children, and added that it would amount to, and be treated as, an illegal strike. CTU members argue it would only be a strike if teachers cannot log on for remote learning. Some teachers have already been locked out of their accounts.
