CTU president says CPS refusal to compromise on teachers’ contract will lead to ‘disruption and chaos’
Stacy Davis Gates, CTU president, sent a letter to two top Chicago Public Schools officials saying that the district had ...
With critical CPS budget vote looming, long-awaited memo drops on ways to fill CPS’ deficit
The memo comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson ramps up pressure on the school board to include in its amended budget a payment for ...
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CPS faces tough choices as Johnson proposes $240M borrowing plan: 'This is not our mess'
CPS has a math problem. Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes that the school system borrow up to $240 million to fund the new ...
Report confirms no easy solutions for CPS budget gap
A new financial report commissioned by the school board president highlights the lack of solutions to close CPS’s $240 ...
Teachers union accuses CPS of fostering disruption and chaos in not agreeing to key compromises
The union is now "barreling toward an escalated conflict," sources said. The teachers union can take a strike vote at any ...
Mayor: CPS should take loan to cover $175M pension contribution for non-teacher staff
It's a $175 million question: who should pick up the tab on a Chicago Public Schools pension contribution for non-teacher ...
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Johnson Presses CPS Board to Make $175M Pension Payment, Reach Agreement With CTU
The new 21-member, partially elected CPS board is set to vote Thursday on whether to make that pension payment and figure out ...
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Johnson blames CPS leadership in $175 million pension dispute as school board vote looms
The Board of Education will vote on a budget amendment Thursday, but it's still unknown if it will send $175 million to the ...
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'CPS is a big math problem': Will CTU go on strike and what does that mean for Johnson
Mayor Brandon johnson says the school system should borrow upwards of $240 million to help fund the new teachers contract and a $175 million retiree pension payment. But a new report says that would ...
Attention turns to CPS’s role in death of 9-year-old Detroit boy
Derrick Brown only learned he had a son after Detroit Police told him he was dead. 9-year-old Zemar King, found buried in a ...
CPS settlement raises questions that need answers
The county owes residents a more thorough explanation about these settlements and how it’s working to protect kids—and ...