Pedro Martinez, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, said on Thursday that he could not even imagine the need to go on strike for the Chicago Teachers Union, saying that the two groups reach an agreement between controversial talks Are.
Martinez said at the January Board of Education Meeting, “Any work stoppage will only disrupt our children’s learning, and given how close to the sides, it will not mean anything to do.”
Martinez spoke to the Nav-Spath Board on Thursday, which is about negotiation and apprehensions in exile raids as a rift on the illegal immigration of President Donald Trump’s administration.
The board is composed of 10 members, who won their seats during the first school board elections in the city and 10 appointed by 10 Mayor Brandon Johnson. Johnson has so far made his final appointment in the board, which will eventually bring total membership to 21.
Martinez said that the Teachers Association and the district, which are negotiating for a new 4-year contract since April, are very close to where we need to be. ”
Two groups concluded “Fact-Finding” last week, a process in which reports submitted by CTU and CPS were reviewed and recommendations were issued, which both sides could accept or reject. However, if a party rejects, the report will be made public and after 30 days, the union may issue a 10-day strike notice.
Since being established in the state law in 2010, the fact-poz process has been used three times. In two cases, the teachers eventually went on strike.
Martinez said that he believes that the fact-and process would confirm the seriousness of the district’s finance. He said that the district has at least reserves, only three days of operational expenses and increasing deficit in the coming years.
Martinez said, “We understand the role of CTU to advocate our members and ask as much as possible.” “Our job in the district is that what we invest can ensure that the investment we invest is durable and inexpensive.”
Later, in the meeting, CTU President Stasi Davis Gates urged Martines to show the bargaining table on Friday to settle the contract. He said that the Sangh proposals will provide more consultants, sports programs and language classes among other people in schools. Cooperation between two groups is more important than ever, he said, since Trump took over.
“We are close, you said. I take you closer and get it down, “he said.
Finance has placed both sides by an agreement, in large parts. CTU wants higher salary for teachers and appoints more teachers for understanding schools. The CPS maintains the value tag on the original proposals of the Union. For example, the union is asking to increase the contract by 5% for the first two years, while the district said it is capable of spending only 4%.
The Mayor, who is associated with the Teachers Union, has also pressurized Martinez to approve a high-b-onion loan of $ 300 million to partially cover the proposed demands in the CTU contract, which Martinez argued That will make the cash-stapped district irresponsible with loans.
Six members of the previous board, who were appointed by Johnson, had voted last month to firing Martinez without any reason. A few days later, a Cook County Judge accepted the request of Martinez for a temporary preventive order to prevent board members from participating in contract negotiations without their approval or “demonstrate the duties of your job” Blocked from
‘It’s unfortunate that there was a misunderstanding’
Martinez also addressed the previous week’s incident at the Hamline Elementary, where the district incorrectly identified federal agents, who tried to enter the southwest side school as snow. It was actually a secret service agent who was investigating the threat against a “protectory” in relation to Tikok.
“It is unfortunate that there was a misconception about the branch of Homeland Security that we were working with the previous week,” he said. “But our school response shows that our system is ready in partnership with our community organizations and labor partners, ready and ready to keep our students and employees safe.”
He doubled the state’s statements from the beginning of this week, stating that after examining the security cameras, “no evidence” that agents left a business card. The agency has said that the card identified the Chicago Field Office of the Secret Service on it, and they went to a residence near the school before stepping into the campus. Martinez also said that there was no coordination with the agency before showing the authorities.
“The important thing is that we ensured that people were not allowed in our school without proper authority,” he said. “And again, it was a primary school.”
Trump reversed a policy that prevents ice from “sensitive places”, such as health care features, day care, carrying immigration in churches and schools for more than a decade. However, Martinez said that the district has provided guidance to employees not to allow immigration officers on school property unless they provide credentials signed by a federal judge and a criminal warrant.
“I want to assure families that the safest and best place for your children is in school,” he said. “Please keep sending their children to school so that they can get the education they deserve.”
Talks with ACERO schools
At the meeting, board members and other attendees encouraged Martinez to finalize schemes with charter operator Achero schools. The board passed a resolution to grant bail to the charter operator last year, allowing them to keep their seven places open instead of closing them next year. After this, CPS will convert five places to district-related schools next year.
Martinez said that the district sent a proposal to the operator, “It is still trying to be financially responsible, meeting the needs of ACERO.” He said that the district is analyzing Acero’s response, and he is engaged in “slight interactions of conversations”. Martinez said he is expected to be updated in a few weeks.
However, Acero’s parents and employees said that they now want a solution.
“We are trying to plan our lives,” Steve McCamy said, a special education teacher at an accesser school octaweo paz element. “We need to hear without any uncertain words that these seven ACERO schools will be open to something through 2025-26 school years, and we need to hear it now.”