CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot is rejecting Chicago Teachers Union suggestions that she's preparing to reopen Chicago Public Schools without enough safety protocols in place.
While the Chicago Teachers Union publicly called on Mayor Lightfoot to, in their words, "get serious" about reopening schools safely, the Mayor is unfazed.
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"Our schools are safe. We've got a mountain of evidence on that fact starting back in February of this year," she said.
Mayor Lightfoot said the district spent $100 million last year making things safe.
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She added that despite some minor unresolved details, the schools are ready to reopen Monday.
"We started the process with CTU really at the end of the school year in June. I think we are close. There is no dispute that everyone agrees that we are going to open up next week on Monday, Aug. 30, five days a week, in person. There's no dispute that teachers and other staff of CPS will be vaccinated," Lightfoot said.
"The big picture issues, we are all in alignment on. There are a few other details that need to be worked out, but we are ready to open up next Monday."
However, more than 20 Aldermen and several state lawmakers have written Lightfoot a letter expressing their concerns.
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