Image Students leaving Darwin Elementary School in Chicago on Tuesday. Credit... Taylor Glascock for The New York TimesPublic school officials in Chicago canceled classes for Wednesday amid a clash with the teachers’ union, whose members had threatened to stay home in a bid to force instruction online during a coronavirus surge. The Chicago Teachers Union said late Tuesday night that 73 percent of members who voted favored pausing in-person instruction. Like other school systems, Chicago has had to confront a shortage of tests, and a far from universal vaccination rate among students. Still, members of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union have accused the school district of failing to adjust to Omicron, and the growing threat of breakthrough infections.

Source: New York Times January 05, 2022 01:33 UTC