Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said she remains “hopelessly optimistic” a teachers strike can be avoided, but the worst could happen if the Chicago Teachers Union insists on using contract talks to “solve all of the problems in Chicago.”
Jackson told The Fran Spielman show the union’s demands would cost $2.5 billion, an amount she claimed CPS can’t afford.
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