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>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL

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STUDENTS WILL HAVE A SHORTER

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THANKSGIVING AND WINTER BREAKS

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AND A TWO-DAY LONGER SCHOOL YEAR

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TO MAKEUP FIVE OF THE 11 DAYS

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LOST TO THE TEACHERS STRIKE.

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THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION

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NEEDS TO RATIFY THE CONTRACT

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THAT VOTE HAPPENS NEXT WEEK.

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IF UNION MEMBERS RATIFY THE

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AGREEMENT IT THEN GOES BEFORE

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR A

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VOTE.

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HOW HARD WAS THE FIGHT?

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HERE WITH INSIGHT INTO

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NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT IS IN THE

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CONTRACT IS CHICAGO PUBLIC

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SCHOOLS CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER

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LATAYNA MCDADE ALSO AT THE TABLE

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THROUGHOUT BARGAINING

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NEGOTIATIONS.

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WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

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ME.

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>> THE DISTRICT TODAY ANNOUNCED

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THAT THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR FOR

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THE SCHOOL YEAR HOW DID YOU ALL

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CHOOSE THE DATES THAT YOU ARE

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CHOOSING TO MAKEUP FIVE OF THE

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11 DAYS?

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>> FIRST I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE

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THE BURDEN THAT THIS ENTIRE

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PROCESS HAS HAD ON OUR FAMILIES,

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ON OUR STUDENTS AND I THANKS OUR

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FAMILIES FOR THEIR PATIENCE.

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WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE

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EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO MAKEUP

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THE DAYS.

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BUT WE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT

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COMPROMISE TO GET TO A DEAL AND

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GET OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO THE

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CLASSROOM.

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WITH THAT BEING SAID THERE'S TWO

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THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CONSIDER

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IN TERMS OF MAKING UP THE DAYS:

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ONE WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE

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CALENDAR TO FIND DAYS

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NONATTENDANCE DAYS FOR STUDENTS

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AND NON-PAYDAYS FOR STAFF.

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SO THAT SEVERELY LIMITED THE

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AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT WE HAD TO BE

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ABLE TO MAKEUP THE FIVE-DAYS.

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IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE

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WANTED TO FRONT LOAD MORE OF THE

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DAYS EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR

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AS OPPOSED TO TACKING ON DAYS AT

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THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHICH

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BECOME MEANINGLESS AND WE WANTED

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TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF

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INSTRUCTIONAL TIME MADE UP

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THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

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WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE NO IDEAL

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SITUATION BUT FELT THIS WAS A

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GOOD COMPROMISE WHERE WE LANDED

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IN TERMS OF THE DAYS WE ARE

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MAKING UP.

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>> WHAT IF WE GET LATER ON AND

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REALIZE THERE ARE SNOW DAYS THAT

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HAVE TO BE MADE UP?

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>> WE HAVE DAYS AT THE BACK END

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OF THE CALENDAR FOR SNOW DAYS

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WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON IT WAS

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IMPORTANT TO INSURE THAT WE HAD

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DAYS EARLIER ON IN THE CALENDAR

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MADE UP FOR THE FIVE-DAYS OF THE

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STRIKE.

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>> LAST WEEK TOWARDS THE END OF

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NEGOTIATIONS WE HEARD CTU

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PRESSING THE MAYOR FOR

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LEGISLATION IN SPRINGFIELD

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ASKING TO MAKEUP ALL OF THE 11

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UNION LEADERS CHOSE NOT TO DO A

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JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE

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MAYOR ANNOUNCING AN END TO THE

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STRIKE AND IT IS ALLEGED THAT

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VICE-PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS GATES

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WAS LEFT OUT OF THE LAST

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NEGOTIATION OR THE MEETING.

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HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE

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NEGOTIATIONS AT THE END?

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CONTENTIOUS?

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BITTER?

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>> THIS WAS A CHALLENGING TIME

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FOR OUR DISTRICT.

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AND NEGOTIATIONS ARE DIFFICULT

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THEY ARE NEVER EASY.

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THERE HAS TO BE COMPROMISE.

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AT THE END IT ALL BOILED DOWN TO

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HAVING COMPROMISE AROUND SOME OF

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THE KEY ISSUES.

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AND SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT

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WENT ON ARE TYPICAL WHEN IT

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COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS.

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AND WE ARE GLAD WE GOT TO A

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PLACE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO

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REACH A DEAL AND GET OUR

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STUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

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>> TEACHERS GOT 16% RAISE OUT OF

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THIS.

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THE MAYOR KICKED IN $5 MILLION

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MORE FOR VETERAN TEACHERS ALONG

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WITH OTHER EXPENSES TO MEET THE

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CTU'S REQUESTS.

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AND THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO

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COST ABOUT $1.5 BILLION OVER

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FIVE YEARS.

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HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE

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CPS BUDGET?

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>> WELL, IT'S NO SECRET THAT IN

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PAST YEARS WE HAVE HAD FINANCIAL

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YOU STRUGGLES.

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AS A DISTRICT AND WITH OUR

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FAMILIES WE FOUGHT FOR

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EDUCATIONAL FUNDING REFORM.

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AND BECAUSE OF THAT REFORM, THE

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GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE ON MUCH

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STRONGER FINANCIAL FOOTING AS A

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DISTRICT.

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SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

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FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT AND THE FACT

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THAT THERE ARE GRADUAL INCREASES

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THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT, YOU

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WILL SEE THAT THE REVENUE THAT

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WE'RE TAKING IN LOCALLY AND AT

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THE STATE LEVEL WE WILL BE ABLE

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TO MAKE THE COMMITMENTS.

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TODAY WE PRESENTED A BALANCED

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AMENDED BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT

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FISCAL YEAR.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND ACROSS

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THE FIVE YEARS IN OUR ENTIRE

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OPERATING BUDGET WE WILL BE ABLE

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TO MEET THE FINANCIAL

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COMMITMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE

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CONTRACT AND DO THAT IN A

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RESPONSIBLE WAY.

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>> CPS WON'T --

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WE CAN'T PREDICT ANOTHER FISCAL

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CRISIS FOR CPS IN THE COMING

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YEARS?

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>> WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS

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YEAR-OVER-YEAR AND THE

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OUTYEARSES OF THIS CONTRACT

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FORECASTED REVENUE THAT WILL BE

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COMING IN AT THE LOCAL AND STATE

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LEVEL.

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WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE

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FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.

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>> OF COURSE ONE OF CTU'S

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DEMANDS WAS CLASS SIZE RELIEF

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OVERSIZED, CROWDED CLASSROOM

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RELIEF.

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AND IS THERE NEW TEACHER-STUDENT

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RATIO WITHIN THIS ALLOT.

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>> WHAT WE DID WHAT I'M MOST

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PROUD OF IN TERMS OF THE CLASS

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SIZE WE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT

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AND THE TARGETS FOR CLASS SIZE.

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AND WHAT WE PRIORITIZED WAS

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EQUITY WITHIN HOW WE LOOK AT

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CLASS SIZE OVERALL.

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AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS

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IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT IS THE

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LION'S SHARE OF OUR DISTRICTS.

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WE ARE TAKING ABOUT A SMALLER

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SUBSET OF SCHOOLSNESS CLASSROOMS

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THAT ARE OVERSIZED.

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WITHIN THAT THE EQUITY PIECE IS

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LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE

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HIGHEST NEEDS, STUDENTS THAT

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NEED THE MOST SUPPORTS SO IT'S

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MORE THAN JUST OVERSIZED

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CLASSROOMS.

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IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION

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WHERE IN SOME SCHOOLS YOU MAY

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NEED TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE

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FURTHER TO MEET THE HIGH NEEDS

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OF STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR

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COMMUNITIES.

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NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING TO MAKE

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SURE THAT WE PROVIDE RELIEF FOR

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CLASS SIZES THAT ARE OVER THE

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CLASS LIMITS WITHIN THE

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

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BUT WE ARE ALSO TAKING CARE TO

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INSURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY HOW

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WE PRIORITIZE THE HIGHEST NEED

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SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE

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THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE

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DISTRICT.

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>> THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBATE

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OVER PREP TIME AND CTU WANTED 30

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MINUTES OF PREP TIME IN THE

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MORNING AND THE DISTRICT WON ON

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THAT ONE.

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AND THE TEACHERS ENDED UP NOT

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GETTING THAT.

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IS THAT A HUGE WIN FOR YOU?

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AS AN EDUCATOR IS THAT PREP TIME

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IMPORTANT?

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>> IT IS.

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HERE IS WHERE WE LANDED WITH

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THIS.

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WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO WAS

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COMPROMISE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME

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FOR STUDENTS.

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SO TAKING TIME AWAY FROM

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STUDENTS TO ADD AT THE FRONT OF

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THE DAY.

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THE ONLY TIME THAT WAS AVAILABLE

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WAS THE NON-INSTRUCTIONAL TIME,

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TIME FOR STUDENTS FOR LUNCH AND

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RECESS OR TO COMPROMISE THE

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INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT IS

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AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR

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SHORT --

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SHORTEN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

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BOTH WE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ON

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BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS

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ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND WE DID NOT

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WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE TIME FOR

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STUDENTS.

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WE WERE GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE

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TO NOT COMPROMISE THE SCHOOL DAY

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OR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND TO

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PRESERVE THAT HIGH QUALITY

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INSTRUCTIONAL TIME NEEDED FOR

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STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THE

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PROGRESS.

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>> HOMELESS STUDENTS ARE GETTING

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MORE RESOURCES.

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AND SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION

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ADVOCATES ARE UPSET THAT SOCIAL

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WORKERS AND NURSES WILL NOT BE

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GUARANTEED IN THE SCHOOL UNTIL

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LATER ON IN THE CONTRACT.

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WERE THE SLOW ROLL OUT?

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>> WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE

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CURRENT CONTEXT WE ARE IN,

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RIGHT?

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SO WE PHASED IN THOSE POSITIONS

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OVER THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT

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BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE

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TO RECRUIT AND TO STAFF.

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WE KNOW THE SHORTAGES THAT

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EXIST.

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IT IS NOT JUST GERMAINE TO

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CHICAGO BUT NATIONAL SHORTAGES

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THAT WE HAVE IN THE EDUCATIONAL

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SECTOR.

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SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE

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WOULD BE ABLE TO STAFF THOSE

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POSITIONS AND SO WE DID THAT IN

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A WAY WHERE WE LOOKED AT

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PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH

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OUT RECRUITMENT STRATEGY SO NOT

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ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO FUND THE

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POSITIONS AND STAFF THEM SO THAT

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WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS IN THE

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SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

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THAT WAS THE RESPONSIBLE WAY TO

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DO THAT SO WE DON'T OVERPROMISE

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AND UNDER DELIVER.

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>> NOW, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, CTU

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PRESIDENT JESSE SHARKEY SAID

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THAT PASSAGE RATIFICATION OF

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THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IS NOT

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A SLAM DUNK.

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WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE NOT

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EVERYONE IN THE

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25,000-MEMBERSHIP UNION IS

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SATISFIED.

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WHAT HAPPENS IF CTU DOES NOT

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RATIFY?

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>> HONESTLY WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT

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THEY WILL RATIFY.

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WE THINK WE HAVE THE STRONGEST

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PROPOSAL POSSIBLE ON THE TABLE.

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AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL