The mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, updated this Wednesday the situation regarding the attendance to classes in the Public schools (CPS for its acronym in English) and again asked teachers to return to classes, since the most affected are low-income students, confirming that there will be no classes this Thursday, January 6.
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“Those (teachers) who do not appear we are not going to pay them to leave their post and their children when they need it most,” he warned. Lightfoot.
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“The safest place for students during a pandemic is the school … We are going to fight to get students back to schools,” added the mayoress.
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“A hundred thousand children were not connected, african american, latinos, they were not connected (…) It is not fair, there will never be an end again, we are willing to work with him labor union“insisted the official.
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“Do not offer us a plan from you, I will not allow you to compromise the future of CPS,” the official told the teachers.
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“We are going to listen to our parents, what science tells us, we are not going to allow anyone to make politics with this situation,” reiterated for the second day in a row the mayor of chicago.
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“Our schools are safe, we know it from science by data and they are the best place for our children” (…) “Our school doors are open,” he said. Lightfoot.
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CPS chief predicted that there would be no classes this Thursday
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The authorities speak for the second day in a row as uncertainty reigns among the parents of students who attend the Chicago Public Schools.
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The conference of Lightfoot It comes a couple of hours after Pedro Martínez, head of the Chicago Public Schools, spoke exclusively with the cameras of Univision Chicago, where he announced that there would be no classes this Thursday.
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To express question whether there would be classes this Thursday, January 6 said: “No. What we want right now is to put a plan. But whatever plan we are going to put in place, we will not be able to implement it on this day, this week. But what we want is to be able to use the time this week to put the plan (into action) ”.
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