CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Thousands more Chicago Public Schools students will return to the classroom Monday for the first time in close to a year.
In-person learning resumes Monday for sixth through eighth graders in Chicago Public Schools. This comes a week after kindergarten through fifth grade returned to school buildings.
According to the Sun-Times, all CPS families will receive a survey asking parents if they want to opt-in for in-person learning in the fourth academic quarter, or have their children continue learning remotely.
The district is making plans to bring more students back to classrooms, including high school students. CPS still needs to reach an agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union about reopening high schools. While there is no scheduled date, high school students could return to school buildings sometime in mid-April.
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CPS CEO Janice Jackson and the district’s education chief, LaTanya McDade, wrote in an email to parents Friday that “we hope [high school] students will be able to return to school as early as mid-April.
“We are asking families to tell us their learning preference now so that we can ensure we have the necessary staffing and classroom models in place to safely support all interested high school students."
Officials plan to send out the questionnaire next week and will allow two weeks for families to make their preferences known between staying virtual or returning to school for the rest of the spring. This will be the last chance for CPS students to choose to return to classrooms this school year. Those who decide to stay remote won’t be able to change their minds until next fall, but those who pick in-person can opt out at any time.
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