Tense City Hall meeting on CTU contract, CPS budget vote ends with ‘handful of issues’ still unresolved
Mayor Brandon Johnson gathered CPS and CTU leaders ahead of a critical vote to amend the school district’s budget to pay for ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says there is no reason for a teachers' strike to happen
The mayor met Wednesday with CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, ...
Ald. Jason Ervin: CPS needs to follow through on the municipal employee pension payment
If Chicago Public Schools passes off the pension payment to Chicago, the impact on the city’s finances would be dire. We ...
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No Immediate Breakthrough on Teachers’ Contract After Johnson Calls CPS CEO, CTU President to City Hall
None of these issues that they need to settle will be worth the consequence of six, seven days or how many ever days out of ...
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Mayor Johnson calls top players to his office to broker end to CPS budget standoff
Johnson is set to meet Wednesday with school board president, CPS CEO, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates ...
Mayor calls on CPS, Chicago Teachers Union to resolve contract dispute before crucial budget vote
Mayor Brandon Johnson and top education officials had a special meeting Wednesday, ahead of a crucial Chicago Public Schools Board meeting Thursday. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates ...
With critical CPS budget vote looming, long-awaited memo drops on ways to fill CPS’ deficit
The memo comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson ramps up pressure on the school board to include in its amended budget a payment for ...
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Internal memo: 'High risk' CPS Board in violation of state law over Acero plan
An internal memo obtained exclusively by FOX 32 reveals the Chicago Board of Education is at "high risk" of violating state law after approving a deal to absorb five Acero Charter schools, and could ...
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At height of CPS-City Hall tension, an unusual meeting of key players
The Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a mid-year budget amendment an a deal to send $175 million to the city, but ...
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CPS faces tough choices as Johnson proposes $240M borrowing plan: 'This is not our mess'
CPS has a math problem. Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes that the school system borrow up to $240 million to fund the new ...
Financial advisory group’s report confirms no easy solutions for CPS budget gap
A new financial report commissioned by the school board president highlights the lack of solutions to close CPS’s $240 ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses teachers' negotiations, sanctuary city testimony in D.C.
Meanwhile, there is still no teachers' strike on the horizon. But after 11 months of negotiating a new deal, Chicago Teachers ...