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More students and staff at Chicago Public Schools return to classrooms on Monday for the first time in nearly a year under the district’s phased plan to resume in-person learning.

More students and staff at Chicago Public Schools return to classrooms on Monday for the first time in nearly a year under the district’s phased plan to resume in-person learning. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Chicago Public Schools officials said Wednesday the district plans to welcome high school students back to classrooms this spring for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic reached the city.

The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote Wednesday on a new policy that would allow Chicago Public Schools to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the future and require staff to disclose their vaccination status.

The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote Wednesday on a new policy that would allow Chicago Public Schools to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the future and require staff to disclose their vaccination status. Sandra Torres reports.

Some staff and students at Chicago Public Schools return to classrooms on Thursday under a new framework approved by the district and the Chicago Teachers Union earlier this week.

Some staff and students at Chicago Public Schools return to classrooms on Thursday under a new framework approved by the district and the Chicago Teachers Union earlier this week. Lauren Petty reports.

After members of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a deal with Chicago Public Schools to return to in-person learning, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS leadership said schools are “fully prepared to safely welcome back students.”

While a majority of votes cast by the Chicago Teachers Union’s rank-and-file members were in favor of a deal with Chicago Public Schools to resume in-person learning, CTU President Jesse Sharkey said in a letter to members announcing the results that the agreement “is not what any of us deserve.”

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a deal with Chicago Public Schools to return to in-person learning, the union announced early Wednesday. Here’s a look at what the deal includes.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a deal with Chicago Public Schools to return to in-person learning, the union announced early Wednesday. Sandra Torres reports.

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Former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis passed away Sunday following a years-long battle with brain cancer, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.

Chicago Public Schools pre-k cluster teachers and staff who don’t have an approved or pending accommodation will be required to report to classrooms Monday, the district said Friday evening, hours after it presented the Chicago Teachers Union with its “a last, best and final offer” in the in-person learning dispute.

As Chicago Public Schools unveiled details of a phased reopening plan Monday, officials stated teachers could be locked out of school systems if they don’t return to buildings Monday. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Chicago Public Schools pre-k cluster teachers and staff who don’t have an approved or pending accommodation will be required to report to classrooms Monday, the district said Friday evening, hours after it presented the Chicago Teachers Union with its “a last, best and final offer” in the in-person learning dispute.

Chicago Public Schools on Friday released a detailed plan for the return to in-person instruction, which calls for students in pre-K and cluster programs to be back in classrooms beginning Tuesday even as the in-person learning debate with the Chicago Teachers Union continues. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey said Friday that Chicago Public Schools’ latest offer – a proposal Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the district’s “last, best and final” offer – in negotiations over a return to classrooms “cannot stand” and is a “threat” to cut students off from schooling.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday that the district has responded to the Chicago Teachers Union with its “last, best, and final offer” amid negotiations over a return to in-person learning.

Negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers union will continue Friday. Lauren Petty reports.