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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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>> FOR THE THIRD DAY, CHICAGO

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TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF ARE

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ON THE PICKET LINE AND NOT IN

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THE CLASSROOM.

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>> WHAT DO WE WANT?

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>> TO FIGHT SOME PROGRESS AFTER

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A WEEKEND OF BARGAINING.

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>> WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING

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WE CAN.

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>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT

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EXPRESSING CLEAR FRUSTRATION

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WITH THE CTU BARGAINING TEAM

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SLOWING THE PACE OF

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NEGOTIATIONS.

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>> I APPLAUD THEM FOR THE

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DEMOCRACY.

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BUT THAT'S COMING AT A REAL COST

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AND THE PACE OF THIS THING HAS

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TO BE ACTS ACCELERATED OR WE

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WILL NOT SEE A RESOLUTION.

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>> WE ARE IN DAY THREE OF A

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STRIKE.

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THERE SHOULD NOT BE NEW ISSUES

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COMING TO THE TABLE.

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>> AFTER VISITING CPS STUDENTS

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DISPLAYED BY THE STRIKE, THE

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CITY HAS GIVEN ALL IT'S GOT.

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>> BEYOND WHAT WE PUT ON TABLE

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THERE IS NO MORE MONEY.

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AND LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.

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BEYOND WHAT WE PUT ON THE TABLE

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THERE IS SIMPLY NO MORE MONEY.

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>> SHE DETAILED THE PARTICULAR

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IMPACT THE STRIKE IS HAVING ON

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STUDENTS LIKE SENIORS NOT BEING

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ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON COLLEGE

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APPLICATIONS AND ATHLETES

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MISSING CRUCIAL GAMES.

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>> A FOOTBALL TEAM ONE OF THE

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TOP PROGRAMS IN ILLINOIS WILL BE

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INELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE

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PLAYOFFS IF A STRIKE IS NOT

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RESOLVED BY TOMORROW.

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>> WE HAVE A TENNIS TEAM WHO IS

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ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE

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THAT HAD TO FORFEIT EVERY GAME

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IN A STATE PLAYOFF THESE ARE

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MEMORIES WE ARE MAKING FOR OUR

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CHILDREN IN ALL THE WRONG WAYS.

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>> JANICE JACKSON SAYS EVEN IF

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THE ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL

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ASSOCIATION WOULD ALLOW IT,

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TEAMS CANNOT PLAY UNTIL THE

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STRIKE ENDS.

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>> WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO PUT

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COACHES MANY OF WHOM ARE

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TEACHERS IN A POSITION WHEN THEY

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ARE CROSSING THE LINE IN ORDER

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FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.

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THIS IS ONE OF THE OUT COMES OF

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A WORK STOPPAGE THAT WE DON'T

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WANT TO SEE HAPPEN AS A RESULT

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BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO PUT

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STUDENTS IN HARMS WAY TO COMPETE

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WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF

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TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR THEM.

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>> IN A LETTER LIGHTFOOT AND

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JACKSON ASKED CTU LEADERSHIP TO

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RETURN TEACHERS TO THE CLASSROOM

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SAYING QUOTE...

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>> CTU RESPONDED IN A TWEET...

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THE UNION HAS SUGGESTED BRINGING

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IN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REF

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REPRESENTED JESSE JACKSON TO

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MEDIATE NEGOTIATIONS.

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TO THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT BALKED.

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>> WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPLICATED

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MATTER AND DOWN TO THE FINAL

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STROKES BRINGING SOMEBODY BRAND

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NEW IN THAT DOES NOT HAVE

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EXPERIENCE IN THE PARTICULARS

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WILL ONLY RESULT IN DELAY.

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>> AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON

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CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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ANNOUNCING CLASSES WILL BE

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CANCELED FOR A FOURTH DAY

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TOMORROW.

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IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS

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POSTPONING THIS WEDNESDAY'S

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REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD

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MEETING TO ALLOW DISTRICT

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LEADERSHIP TO FOCUS ON

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NEGOTIATIONS AND MANY CENTRAL

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OFFICE STAFFERS HAVE BEEN

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DEPLOYED TO SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT

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THE STUDENTS.

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>> THE MAYOR SAID THERE'S BEEN

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SOME PROGRESS WHAT IS SHE

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REFERRING TO?

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>> HER NEGOTIATORS AGREED TO ONE

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NURSE AND ONE SOCIAL WORKER IN

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EVERY CPS SCHOOL WITHIN THE NEXT

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FIVE YEARS.

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AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO REDUCING

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CLASS SIZES FIRST IN THE MOST

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HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS AND

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SUPPORTING OVERSIZED CLASSROOMS

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ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHAT THEY

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ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS

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OFFERING ASSISTANTS FOR THE

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CLASSROOMS THAT ARE OVERCROWDED.

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AND STAYED PAY RAISES FOR