Leaders of the third-largest school district continue to clash with the Chicago Teachers Union, which says the city has not done enough to make schools safe.
while ramping up virus testing, tweaking protocols and other adjustments in response to the shifting pandemic.
Some schools preemptively alerted parents earlier Thursday that they didn’t have enough staff and wouldn’t accept students aside from offering meal pickup in the largely low-income and Black and Latino district. The district said roughly 10% of about 21,620 teachers came to work Wednesday and by Thursday it was nearly 13%.
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