Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Right Hand Job Man Forrest Claypool slashes $1,000,000.00 from Chicago Public Schools' Budget after Chicago Teachers Union rejects their contract offer - CTU President Deathbed Karen Lewis calls it AN ACT OF WAR
Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday announced plans to cut $100 million in spending and staff, a move leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union said was an attempt to bully teachers after the union rejected a contract offer.
Union leaders said the school district’s move was “the latest act of war” in contract negotiations that have dragged on for 14 months, one that could see 1,000 teachers laid off and ratchet up tensions with union members that last year overwhelmingly supported a strike.
Schools CEO Forrest Claypool said contract negotiations would continue but without a deal the cuts were needed to build confidence in CPS finances as the district on Wednesday resumes the process of selling $875 million in bonds to close yawning gaps in school funding. The district last week stalled the bond sale, purportedly to give investors more time to evaluate the district.
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