The president of the Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday called the city’s latest proposal to reopen the high school “very responsive,” but said staff members would stay home from protests anyway because the parties do not yet have enough common ground.
“CTU makes very reasonable demands. “There has been progress, but not enough progress,” President Jesse Sharkey told a news conference early in the morning.
Public schools in Chicago set the target date for reopening high schools on April 19 and required high school workers to start reporting in person on Monday.
Meanwhile, Illinois health departments on Tuesday halted the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following recommendations from federal officials to do so following reports of six women experiencing blood clots about two weeks after vaccination.
Pharmacies and other suppliers, including Walgreens, which runs the state’s largest pharmacy vaccination program, have also said they are temporarily stopping the one-vaccine and working with people to reschedule appointments.
In addition, public health officials reported that the daily average of the vaccine doses administered 7 days daily is 132,810, with 138,538 doses given on Tuesday. Officials also say that a total of 7 482 650 vaccines have now been administered.
Here’s what’s happening to COVID-19 in the Chicago area on Wednesday:
12:54: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to spend nearly $ 1 billion on federal incentives to pay off COVID-19 loans from the city
Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes to spend nearly $ 1 billion in federal COVID-19 emergency relief money to pay off the short-term loans her government has used to get through the pandemic so far, the mayors’ financial team said Wednesday. the mayors said.
And much of the rest of Chicago’s expected $ 2 billion savings in the emergency relief package could also go to cover a gaping hole in next year’s budget.
12:13: 3,536 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 31 additional deaths reported
Illinois health officials on Wednesday announced 3,536 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 31 additional deaths, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 1,288,934 and the death toll nationwide 21,570 since the onset of the pandemic.
Officials also reported 88,390 new tests in the past 24 hours. The state-wide positivity rate for cases is 4.2%.
The daily average of 7 days of vaccine doses administered is 132,810, with 138,538 doses being given on Tuesday. Officials also say that a total of 7 482 650 vaccines have now been administered.
10:39 a.m .: Mass vaccination site in Gary attracts Chicago area residents – including high school students who are about to return to personal classes
If you got to know your neighbors better during the pandemic, you can appreciate the neighborliness of the COVID-19 vaccination site in Gary, which welcomes Chicago residents to drive after shots.
Since state residency has not been a vaccination in Indiana since April 7, many Illinois people 16 years and older have crossed the border to get a dose. On Monday, restrictions on the vaccination of Illinois vaccine weakened to include all residents 16 years and older, but Chicago will only follow next Monday.
09:00: High school staff of the CPS work remotely today to protest the reopening of plans, as Monday’s reopening date is ahead: ‘There has been progress, but not enough progress’
The president of the Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday “responded fairly” to the city’s latest proposal to reopen the high school – but said staff members should stay home anyway because the parties do not yet have enough common ground.
“CTU makes very reasonable demands. “There has been progress, but not enough progress,” President Jesse Sharkey told a news conference early in the morning.
The side is caught up in what he calls ‘a fairly limited number of problems’, including access to vaccines for students and their families and accommodation for teachers who want to continue working remotely due to medical conditions.
06:35 Chicago members of the Chicago teachers’ union will not report to high schools on Wednesday as negotiations on reopening continue, the union says release
The Chicago Teachers Union said Wednesday that members will not want to enroll in high schools from Wednesday because they do not yet have an agreement with the Chicago Board of Education for the reopening of high schools.
The Chicago Public Schools set a target date for April 19 to reopen high schools, and high school workers had to start reporting in person on Monday.
The teachers’ union would hold an online news conference at 7 a.m. to clarify what members plan to do.
06:00: Column: Downers Grove baker who ‘always on the lookout for’ fights COVID-19, and the community storms in to help
For decades, Chuck Kalousek led the reverse life of a baker by manning the ovens and mixing bakeries at Ingram’s Busy Bee Bakery from midnight to morning, allowing his Downers Grove customers to spend their days with fresh – truly fresh – bread and pastries. start.
If you cut out a place in the community, if you become a thread in the fabric of family traditions, you become something bigger, regardless of your own humility. People take notice. And if something goes wrong, they respond.
When friends and customers learned that Chuck had been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 last month, they sent positive thoughts and prayers to him and his family. And when they recently learned that the baker’s condition had worsened, that he had been placed on a machine to help him breathe, with a double lung replacement on the horizon, they joined forces to support the Kalousek family.
A GoFundMe page set up by a family friend has raised more than $ 80,000 since late Tuesday to cover medical expenses and support the family. Chuck was the only baker, so Busy Bee has been locked up since he got sick.
On the bakery’s website, the family wrote: “Thank you for every prayer you may have during our time of need. We are both looking forward to the day when we can strike our OPEN sign again and serve again to serve our community. ”
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