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CTU: Layoffs Will Hit Hardest Schools On South, West Sides
Members said students in those areas need more support, not less.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The 443 layoffs include special education teachers, school clerks and bilingual teacher assistants. The CTU said the move will hit hardest in schools on the city’s south and west sides. Members said students in those areas need more support, not less. They also question how there can be layoffs when the city’s been given almost $2 billion in federal COVID relief funds.
“President Joe Biden sent these funds specifically to help the district recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said CTU member Dulce Arroyo, a teacher at Carl Schurz High School.” When I told my students, they were angry, sad, confused and in disbelief just like I am.”
