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CTU asks Chicago Board to demand apology and a transition plan after CPS emails omit board amendments for EPIC Academy
Summary
A CTU representative told the Chicago Board that a CPS email to EPIC families omitted board-approved amendments and the transition-plan language the board intended; the union asked the board to demand an apology, require a collaboratively developed transition plan, and issue corrected communications to families and staff.
Jan Conant, CTU charter division chair, told the Chicago Board of Education on Nov. 10 that the district’s email to EPIC families ‘‘omits everything you all included’’ after the board unanimously approved amendments intended to create a transition plan that would preserve community continuity.
Conant said the CPS email instead described a ‘‘wind down plan where every student enrolls somewhere else’’ with no mention of selecting or creating a receiving school…
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