>> how does you putting your foot down translate into getting back to school? what happens monday? >> well, my hope is that we are going to get a deal struck here in the next day or so that gets our kids back in school, in-person learning, and the deal covers the duration of the school year and we don't have any additional disruptions. that's what i'm hoping for. >> chicago already spent 100 million bucks to make schools safer. what haven't you done that the teachers are asking for? what is the missing link? have they articulated it? >> well, i think what the issue is is that with this omicron surge they'd like to see more testing and we're in the process of putting even more testing into our schools, but, stephanie, the answer to every question related to the virus and particularly the omicron variant is vaccine, vaccine, vaccine. where the teachers union could be a constructive partner with us is to go with us school by school and to educate parents