CPS reopening by the numbers
Checking in on a sub-par plan
From the deeply unserious to the downright dangerous.
25K teachers voting this weekend on a resolution to work from home due to conditions in CPS schools including unsafe buildings, inadequate air filters, absent PPE, and failures to grant medical waivers
143 teachers locked out of their classrooms by the district for teaching from home
10K teachers slated to return to school on Monday with no vaccinations
1 voluntary COVID test per teacher per month
50 schools with COVID cases since reopening January 3rd
695 COVID cases so far in CPS schools, year to date
93 formal letters submitted to the district by Local School Councils in opposition to CPS reopening
40 out of 50 city council members opposing CPS reopening plan
164 nurses begging CPS not to reopen
1 renowned epidemiologist speaking out against CPS reopening plan’s inadequacies
And finally,
1 more elected representative school board (ERSB) bill killed by one more Illinois senator: this time, Don Harmon of Oak Park denied the Senate the chance EVEN TO VOTE on the elected school board bill. He is in a long line of Democratic senators who listen to their corporate ed reform masters to kill these bills, over and over and over, despite the citizens of Chicago voting in excess of 90% in favor of an elected school board. But you know what? They can’t kill it forever. Watch this space for ERSB news from the new legislative session.