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Students wait to enter Chicago's Kenwood Academy on the first day of classes for the current school year, which in a break from CPS tradition started before Labor Day.

Chicago Public Schools parents seek post-Labor Day start and ‘traditional summer break’ after ‘chaos and conflict’ of COVID-19

February 10, 2022 at 7:14 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools hasn't said when school will end this year in the wake of last month's labor stoppage, but the district is already looking to set its calendar for...

Lydia Stamper, right, and her daughter, Bronson, a student at Whitney Young Academic Center, get ready to make the drive from their Washington Park home to the school on Feb. 7. Stamper has been driving her daughter after busing problems and says she has only received one bus reimbursement check from Chicago Public Schools.

First the school buses didn’t show for many CPS students. Now it’s the transportation reimbursements checks for their put-out parents.

February 10, 2022 at 4:04 p.m.

Bronson Stamper was looking forward to taking the bus to Chicago's Whitney Young Academic Center in the fall. The seventh grader waited at her Hyde Park bus stop for the...

Parents and students protest school mask mandates Monday outside the School District 181 Administration Center in Clarendon Hills.

Illinois school mask mandate lawsuit: What you need to know about a judge’s ruling that upended school COVID-19 rules

February 8, 2022 at 5:13 p.m.

Chicago-area school districts are relaxing their COVID-19 policies or revealing they plan to stay the course in the wake of an Illinois judge's decision to temporarily prevent Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey speaks at a news conference to oppose a "phantom budget" prior to a Chicago Board of Education meeting on Aug. 28, 2017. The Chicago Board of Education was set to approve its annual spending plan for the city's public school system.

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey won’t seek reelection

February 2, 2022 at 6:37 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey — who led the union through the 2019 teachers strike and last month's work stoppage for more COVID-19 protections — announced Wednesday that he...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez talks about the impact of COVID-19 on schools on Jan. 4. At left is Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago Public Schools sees jump in students registered for COVID-19 testing as cases drop off from omicron peaks

February 2, 2022 at 4:45 p.m.

More than 91,000 students have registered for Chicago Public Schools' free, weekly COVID-19 testing program, officials said Tuesday, but there are still about 50 schools that have not received enough...

Ice covers a ladder near the Adler Planetarium after the area experienced the coldest night of the season with single digit temperatures and wind chills below zero on Jan. 26, 2022 in Chicago.

As snowstorm bears down, some schools cancel Wednesday classes; Gov. J.B. Pritzker declares disaster, activates National Guard in central Illinois

February 2, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

Editor's note: For the latest snowstorm news, read the Tribune's updated coverage. Not since the Crosstown Classic of (much) warmer days has there been more at stake between the division...

People pick up children after school at Montessori School of Englewood Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Chicago. It is one of the charter schools trying to gets its charter extended at Board of Education today. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Chicago charter school leaders press Board of Education for longer contract terms

January 26, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education renewed contracts for five charter and two contract schools at Wednesday's monthly meeting, with some school leaders complaining they wanted longer terms. "Our position is...

Chicago Board of Education member Elizabeth Todd-Breland, left, holds her daughter's hand while she receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Raj Mahajan at Michele Clark High School in November.

Is a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the way for Chicago Public Schools students? ‘We need to keep talking about this,’ Board of Ed member says

January 26, 2022 at 6:55 p.m.

With just over a third of Chicago Public Schools students fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a member of the Chicago Board of Education said Wednesday she doesn't "see a world in...

Pedro Martinez, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, addresses reporters about COVID-19 during a news conference at Chicago City Hall on Jan. 5, 2022.

Chicago Public Schools nearing COVID-19 testing goal, CEO says, after slow start to in-school screening program

January 25, 2022 at 7:27 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools is nearing its goal of being able to test 10% of unvaccinated students at each district-run school through its free, weekly COVID-19 testing program, CEO Pedro Martinez...

Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago on March 29, 2021.

Trump Tower condo owners stand to receive $222,000 property tax refund from Chicago Public Schools

January 26, 2022 at 11:01 a.m.

The Chicago Board of Education is slated Wednesday to vote on paying Trump Tower condominium owners about a quarter-million dollars after negotiating a property tax appeal from 2015. The proposed...

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