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Union urges Board to require CPS apology and a true transition plan for EPIC Academy families and staff
Summary
CTU charter division chair Jen Conant told the Chicago Board of Education that a CPS email after the board’s amendments omitted the board’s changes and left EPIC families and staff without a transition plan; she demanded an apology, a collaborative transition plan including a receiving-school option, and corrected communications to families and staff.
Jen Conant, chair of the Chicago Teachers Union’s charter division, told the Chicago Board of Education on Nov. 10 that a CPS email to EPIC Academy families sent after a unanimous board vote omitted the amendments the board had approved and failed to include staff.
Conant said the board’s amendments required a transition plan “to maximize stability and continuity for EPIC families and qualified staff, including choosing a receiving school,” but that the CPS email described only a…
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