Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rips “illegal walkout” as schools to stay closed a fourth day in a row
Chicago Public Schools said schools will be closed a fourth day Monday as Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union traded barbs over the weekend. In a district-wide email sent Sunday, a spokesperson announced that classes had been canceled Monday, the fourth day in a row since the bitter feud was sparked last week by CTU’s vote against a return to in-person learning.
” She demanded teachers make a physical return to the classroom, saying in a Sundayappearance that the union had staged “an illegal walkout” by voting against in-person learning last week. “They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families,” she seethed. With many members continuing to tweet under the hashtag #LoriLockout, CTU released a statement in response, saying, in part, “Educators are not the enemy Mayor Lightfoot wants them to be.
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