Offer students breakfast lunch and to take home dinner until we Reach Agreement we will all do our part and we will ensure that the safety and well being of every child is foremost in our minds in everything that we do every day its a dispute over money and benefits the teachers rejected a pay raise of 16000. 00 over 5 years they want 15000. 00 over 3 years under the citys offer the average teacher would over 100000. 00 a year well over the 60000. 00 u. S. Average say it is more importantly over a class size and support staff many schools lack librarians counselors nurses and social workers a lot of students who are neglected a lot of students who dont have what they basically youths to help them let alone start learning and. Are just study if youve got those problems very hard to study while schools remain technically open to warehouse children with nowhere else to go until the 2 sides come to terms books and classes in the windy city will remain closed john hendren aljazeera chicago.