Chicago public schools are shut for a second day on Thursday as the teacher union and municipal authorities are in a deadlock on coronavirus safety, The Hill reports.
Classes were initially canceled Wednesday after 73% of representatives in the Chicago Teachers Union decided Tuesday night to transition to virtual classrooms owing to the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, The Associated Press reported.
Because Chicago Public Schools is the third biggest school system in the country, city authorities lambasted the union, claiming that school closures should be done at the classroom and school level, not as a district-wide occurrence.
The shutdown would affect 350,000 pupils, according to Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, but school authorities had “no option” since not enough instructors will show up to open the schools on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, it is unclear if school would be postponed again on Friday.
The district claimed it spent $100,000 to ensure classrooms safer to return to, and that more than 91 percent of its employees had been completely inoculated.
Due of the mental and intellectual impact on students, schools across the country have resisted using remote education.
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