Chicago schoolchildren are expected to return to classrooms later this week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Sunday after Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools reached a "tentative agreement." "We do not yet have an agreement with Chicago Public Schools," Chicago Teachers Union tweeted Sunday, while the press conference was still happening. CHICAGO SCHOOLS, LIGHTFOOT SEND TEACHERS UNION 'LAST, BEST AND FINAL OFFER' FOR REOPENINGCPS officials have said opening schools is safe and that remote learning isn’t working for all students, including many Black and Latino students who make up the majority of the district. Teachers and students in K-8 were supposed to return Feb. 1. for the first time since going fully remote last March. The union had said that if the district locked out teachers, as it has done previously, teachers would picket.

Source: Fox News February 07, 2021 19:18 UTC