The Chicago Teachers Union voted 73% in favor of holding classes online for two weeks due to the surge in Covid-19 cases fueled by omicron.
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On Tuesday, Lightfoot said a return to online classes was unacceptable and unnecessary, adding: “Nobody signs up for being a home-schooler at the last minute. We can’t forget about how disruptive that remote process is to individual parents who have to work, who can’t afford the luxury of staying home.”4,775.
. The city’s current positivity rate of tests stands at 23.3%, sharply up from 14.3% in the previous week.The omicron-driven surge in cases has raised concerns about the risk of transmission in classroom environments, prompting many colleges to switch over to remote learning. Additionally, lower vaccination rates among younger age groups has meant that a record number of children are now being