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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Johnson's 11th-hour bid to broker an end to the CPS pension standoff falls short
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Johnson meets with CPS leadership
Mayor Brandon Johnson is meeting with leaders of the Chicago Public School ahead of a Board of Education meeting. Johnson ...
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, ...
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 ...
Aldermen petition CPS CEO to make $175M pension payment, or risk unbalanced city budget
The funding feud between Chicago Public Schools and the mayor's office over a $175 million pension payment is heating up.