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Instead of welcoming tens of thousands of students back to in-person classes for the first time since March, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Monday morning gave a televised interview on the evolving negotiations with union officials after the sides failed to secure a deal this weekend.
Schools had been slated to reopen for more than 60,000 kindergarten through eighth grade students Monday, joining about 6,500 preschool and special education students who started attending in-person on Jan. 11.
But Chicago Public Schools pulled the plug late Sunday when it became increasingly clear teachers would continue to refuse to return en masse, despite the hard line Lightfoot and district CEO Janice Jackson have been toeing for weeks, threatening to lock educators out of their remote teaching platforms if they wonât show up in person.
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