Cassie Walker Burke, Chalkbeat Chicago

So far, Chicago’s school-related emergency expenditures have totaled $75 million this year, including $42 million in technology purchases, CPS CEO Janice Jackson said.

The scores could lead to disproportionate and incorrect identification of Black teachers for remediation and dismissal — an outcome that would be counterproductive to efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.

“The way I look at it, we’re crafting a plan for 100 percent of wishes,” CPS CEO Janice Jackson told Chalkbeat in a wide-ranging interview about the city’s reopening plans.

Kindergarten through eighth grade students will begin in-person classes Feb. 1, according to CPS.

A quarter of low-income children who attend Chicago’s publicly funded child care sites are behind on critical immunizations for such serious illnesses as measles or polio.

The mayor, who oversees public schools in Chicago and appoints the schools chief and board, is expected to make the final call about reopening campuses along with city health officials.

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Chicago now requires a minimum number of minutes for live instruction — around 3 hours for many ages, with a total day spanning 6 hours.

The district’s meal kits include three breakfasts and three lunches, ranging from bagels and yogurt to cheese pizzas, hamburgers and sandwiches.

The federal government says Chicago has not done enough to correct health and safety problems in the child care programs it oversees for some 11,000 children.

The district will hold five public meetings this week for public feedback, in advance of releasing a final plan in August.

The union also released a report calling for nearly 50 safety protocols before returning to in-person learning.

Chicago remains “committed” to its start date of Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day, Chicago schools chief Janice Jackson wrote.

“We need to be present, we need to be available, we need to be accessible. Even if you don’t know what to say, show up and be present.”

Six weeks after schools closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chicago will relax its grading policy and automatically promote elementary students to the next grade.

More children in West Englewood, Englewood, Auburn-Gresham and North Lawndale lack broadband access than in any other city neighborhood.

While getting students online to learn, teachers and administrators are also trying to track down missing families.

Gov. JB Pritzker said the state will pick up all but $1 of the tab for health care workers, grocery clerks and other “essential” workers who place their children in state-licensed child care centers or homes.

Devices will go first to special education students, English language learners and students in eighth grade and higher who don’t have devices at home.

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