We’re just taking it day by day right now, and doing the best we can.” Credit: Mack Liederman/ Block Club Chicago Students return to school Monday after winter break at Brentano Math and Science Academy, 2723 N. Parent Adriano Rocha pulled a disposable mask out of his second grade daughter’s sparkly unicorn backpack and helped her put it over her ears. She’s worried kids could have contracted COVID-19 at New Year’s Eve celebrations, after the district asked for tests to be returned. Lamas said she’s “not totally comfortable” with the return to school. Before sending her inside the school, Lamas reminded her to always keep the mask on. I need the break,” the mother said.Īcross the street from the school, parent Rose Lamas helped her daughter put on her KN-95 mask and fastened her scarf around it. But her daughter needs to be learning in-person, she said. in Logan Square, one parent said she wasn’t able to get her vaccinated first grader tested before returning to school. Outside Brentano Math and Science Academy, 2723 N. “… Until these kids are safe, my kids will be at home on remote learning.” 3, with no testing, where you don’t even see a positive or negative,” Hammond said. “Make it make sense, mayor and CPS, why our kids are coming back Jan.
Park Manor parent Sonja Hammond said she’s keeping her kids home for now. How can I allow my children to come back and they don’t even have a negative or … positive result?” Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Teachers, parents and members of the Chicago Teachers Union speak outside Park Manor Elementary about parents keeping their CPS students remote until Lightfoot’s CPS team provides testing and safety guarantees, on Jan. “It’s very confusing how we took our time out to bring the children to comply with CPS and we got no results. in Greater Grand Crossing, parent Zanelda Archer said she was among those who received notice that their students’ COVID-19 tests were unsatisfactory. Allison Arwady, head of the Chicago Department of Public Health.Ībout 12 percent of CPS elementary school students and 51% of high school students are fully vaccinated, according to Axios.Īt a CTU press conference Monday outside Park Manor Elementary School, 7037 S. 1, 1,975 were positive and 24,986 - or 69 percent - of tests were invalid, according to CPS’s COVID-19 dashboard.ĬPS officials did not immediately answer questions about testing or the return to school.Ībout 34 percent of kids ages 5-11 in Chicago have gotten a first dose of vaccine, said Dr. Of the 35,817 CPS staff and student tests that were completed between Dec. Students were asked to take the tests Tuesday, and parents were told to bring them to the nearest FedEx drop box the same day.īut after pictures circulated on social media showing drop-off sites overflowing with boxes of completed tests this week, CPS officials extended the deadline to Thursday.
Tests that arrive to the lab too late yield “unsatisfactory results” and can’t be completed, the email said.ĬPS sent around 150,000 COVID-19 tests to more than 300 schools in neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic and experiencing lower vaccination rates. Several parents received notice that the tests they submitted may not be processed in the required 48-hour timeframe because of weather and holiday-related shipping issues.
CHICAGO COVID DASHBOARD FULL
If there hasn’t been progress on bargaining with the district, the union’s full membership could vote Tuesday night to switch to remote teaching starting Wednesday. The Chicago Teachers Union’s executive board will meet Monday night, sources said. Some school districts in other major cities, including Detroit, Atlanta and Cleveland, have delayed reopening or opted to start school with remote learning. The return to school Monday from winter break comes as the city is experiencing a record surge in confirmed cases and after parents grappled with a chaotic student testing program. CHICAGO - Chicago teachers may refuse to work in-person in schools starting Wednesday over concern about COVID-19 spread in schools.
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