clear that the union can t go on strike. the problem is that nobody is enforcing the law or the contract against the union. so that s why our parents are seven parents of cps kids have stepped up and they have said enough is enough. the last 1 1/2 years, the union has threatened the strike or engaged in strikes and now they re doing it again. they re keeping kids out of school. they re deciding for everybody what they want without parent input, without student input. martha: is there any indication from the mayor that she will follow-through and fire these teachers for not showing up at work? no. cps and the mayor have had plenty of opportunities to stop the mayor from engaging in this illegal strike tactic. that s why we filed the lawsuit. martha: i looked this up.
easier for parents to work remotely when there s exposure. you can t pop a 3-year-old in front of the tv. it might buy you 15 minutes, but that s about it. yeah. tell us about what happens at day care when there s exposure and how often that has happened for you. we have been pretty lucky. especially because the numbers were so low for so long. the policy is if they have a runny nose, they can t go to school. that s what happens at day care. and then my house and i are taking off work, paying for multiple child care. you pay for day care but they can t go, so you have to pay for a babysit i to watch them. you want to keep them from being exposed. you re out of vacation time, right? so what happens when you re at
more that? martha: thanks, garrett. let s bring? jeffery shaub. thanks for being here. $5 billion went to the state of illinois for common sense safety measures that we just heard the union talking about. let s play this parent. this is a chicago parent on the said of the teacher s union and then we ll get your response. i have a kindergarten and a first grader, first grader does not attend school. medical reasons. so it s been 2019 since covid started. it s been a hard situation. my 5-year-old, she s the one that goes in-person. i do not think it s the safest place to send her. i think students should be virtual. martha: that s both sides of the story from our reporter,
garrett tenney and that woman you just heard from. what do you say? in this case, we filed a lawsuit because the ctu has unilaterally decided for all 340,000 kids in chicago that they can t go to school. so what we re saying is you don t have that option. let the people decide, let the parents have the input, let teachers have input and let the school district decide how they want to handle it. the schools can decide on an individual basis. parents can decide on an individual basis. the union can t decide for everybody. martha: who is the boss here? they re saying we re not striking. we just won t go to work. lori lightfoot, the mayor says, you can be fired if you don t show up. who will actually push that when push comes to shove? who will take it to that level? that s why we filed this lawsuit. the law and the contract are
in reading language arts by 6.3%. those are big drops. so my question is, for teachers across the country, if your students are not meeting the proficiency level, shouldn t we consider holding them back so that they have time to catch up and then advance to the next grade when they re ready? i think many teachers and school administrators have talked about that. i think the alternative, what they found is perhaps to have summer glasses, perhaps to have classes outdoors. hoping that perhaps there will be less of a spread of covid during the warmer months. that is very important. but you bring up also very incredibly important point. that in seeing those drops in scores, we re also seeing that high schoolers now are tending to more likely drop out of school and as well many students