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Teachers and students said they had to "tough it out" through high heat last week as CPS played catch-up on fixing air conditioning inside classrooms.

That goal is a critical part of an effort to keep a fragile peace with the union following a standoff that saw the nation’s third largest school district cancel five days of classes.

Several people at Jensen Elementary School tested positive for coronavirus, and more than 200 people have been exposed.

One week after Chicago struck a fragile peace with its teachers union, fault lines have emerged over who gets to work from home, for how long, and why.

Regardless of their reopening stance, many are trying desperately to find their bearings in a month that is bringing schedule changes, classroom reassignments, confusing messaging and upset children.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS chief Janice Jackson have said schools are safe for in-person learning. Teachers disagree.

The union released its list of demands Thursday, and it’s the most detailed look yet at what it would take to get union leaders to support reopening schools.

The district and teachers union clashed over a pair of reopening surveys and school building inspections.

Chicago schools officials have met regularly with the Chicago Teachers Union representatives, but they haven’t agreed on a road map or even on the need for one.

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

Chicago's public schools, which serve more than 300,000 students, have remained open — even as Catholic schools and other districts close.

EF Tours had taken a "hard line" against refunds, which is devastating to "Black children at a school that is more than 90 percent low income," the union said.

Union support is divided between Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who also visited Chicago teachers during the strike, members said.

The district said implementing pay changes for tens of thousands of teachers requires complicated changes to its data systems and will take time.

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The district plans to make up five days of school canceled by the strike by holding class on Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving, Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, June 17 and June 18.

If the mayor agrees, the deal potentially ends a two-week strike and sends the district’s 25,000 teachers back to work.

The arrests came during a sit-in at Sterling Bay's West Loop headquarters.