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CTU and parents urge CPS to correct EPIC Academy communications, craft transition plan and address charter operator instability
Summary
CTU charter division chair and parents told the Chicago Board of Education that a CPS email about EPIC Academy omitted board amendments and a transition plan; they demanded an apology, a community-developed transition plan that includes staff, and oversight of charter operators reportedly cutting staff and failing to pay substitute vendors.
Jen Conant, identified as CTU’s charter division chair, opened public comment at the Chicago Board of Education’s Nov. 10 special meeting by thanking board members for amendments to a board report on EPIC Academy and saying district communications had undermined the board’s intent.
Conant said a CPS email sent to families “talks about a wind down plan where every student enrolls somewhere else” but “there is no mention of creating a transition plan” that would “maximize stability and…
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