Chicago Public School teachers, parents and students protest in the neighborhood of Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sept. 13, 2021. | Scott Olson/Getty Images
The Chicago Teachers Union voted not to report to schools Wednesday, forcing the the country’s third largest school district to close in-person and remote instruction for students.
“To be clear: Educators of this city want to be in buildings with their students. We believe that classrooms are where our children should be,” the union tweeted Tuesday night. “But as the results tonight show, Mayor Lightfoot and her CPS team have yet to provide safety for the overwhelming majority of schools.”
The union said its members will be working remotely until one of the following conditions is met: The surge in Covid cases substantially subsides or Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team signs an agreement establishing conditions for return that are voted on and approved by the union’s House of Delegates.