Nick Blumberg | July 14, 2021 8:55 pm
Wednesday marks the deadline for about 50 local school councils with Chicago Public Schools to decide whether they want to keep their school resource officers Chicago police officers assigned to work on school campuses.
So far, CPS data shows that most of the schools are set to keep at least one officer. While they’ve been the subject of controversy, particularly after last year’s racial justice demonstrations, supporters of having officers on campus argue that they can be part of a comprehensive safety plan.
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“They’ve been a resource, whether it’s (helping) students who’ve endured violence en route to school or whether there has been violence surrounding the school that had to result in a soft lockdown,” Ramona Burress, a member of Kenwood Academy High School’s local school council told WTTW News last year. “Those things would only occur because we had those officers present to be the resourc
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The Chicago Teachers Union Wednesday slammed Chicago Public Schools officials over their treatment of teachers who were forced to weigh a return to working in-person this week for the first time during the pandemic.
“We are here this morning to underscore for the public how absolutely callously CPS has treated educators who have requested accommodations or leave,” CTU Deputy General Counsel Thad Goodchild said during an early-morning news conference.
“Virtually all leave options are unpaid . so CPS is really forcing them to choose between their safety and their livelihood,” he said.
Roughly one in three educators directed to report to schools Monday requested a leave of absence or for special accommodations to work remotely, Goodchild said.