The city of Chicago and its teachers are fast approaching a showdown.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools have been planning to reopen for some in-person classes next week. But the Chicago Teachers Union is concerned about the logistics of returning to school while the pandemic is still raging.
In a letter to staff and families Friday evening, Lightfoot and school district CEO Janice Jackson said that if certain pre-K teachers and other staff don’t report to classrooms on Monday, they “will be deemed absent without leave,” and would have their access to online teaching tools revoked.
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