Exactly how parents feel right now…When everything else is open, what do closed schools tell children about the value of education? https://t.co/nMf6yKYf4A via @SunTimes
This is new tonight: An Illinois Department of Public Health spokesperson has released a statement to @ABC7Chicago about the state offering the services of SHIELD, a program to widely test people for COVID, to CPS.
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Deafening silence from @GovPritzker on the CPS/CTU showdown. Perhaps he knows that school closures are not a winning re-election strategy. Parents have not yet had a chance to vote on this issue locally or state-wide…yet.
Wondering why parents are angry and our tone has changed? It’s simple. 1) Vaccines work; 2) Remote learning was harmful. Find us a public health expert that disagrees. We’ve made progress and should not throw our kids into reverse.