CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago Public High School teachers are being told to report to school buildings on Monday, but whether that will really come about is still unclear.
The Chicago Teachers Union said it is still negotiating with CPS officials over when high school teachers and their students will be returning to classrooms.
CPS officials have told more than 5,300 high school teachers to return to buildings Monday with or without a CTU agreement, with 26,000 students returning for in-person learning the following week.
Bargaining is expected to continue throughout the weekend, and the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates is expected to meet Sunday to decide the union's response.
According to the Sun-Times, there are four key issues that CPS and CTU are negotiating: student schedules and how to deal with an increase in coronavirus cases in the city, remote work for staff whose students aren't in-person, work-from-home accommodations, and addressing increasing coronavirus transmission along with vaccinations for students and their families.
The union would also like to delay a return to classrooms for at least another week, in order to get a better perspective of the current increase in COVID cases in Chicago.
