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Charter staff and families press CPS over transition plans amid reported financial crises
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Teachers, union leaders and parents pressed the Chicago Board of Education to require clearer transition plans and staff retention guarantees for charter-to-district conversions and to investigate financial turmoil in several charter networks after reports of missed payroll and property transfers.
Chicago — Teachers, union leaders and parents urged the Chicago Board of Education on Dec. 3 to compel clearer transition plans and stronger staff protections as several charter networks face reported financial instability and possible closures.
At public comment, Caroline Rutherford, CTU charter division vice chair, told the board CPS is "undermining and ignoring" directives it voted to require for EPIC's transition and said CPS convened a high-school fair — not the transition-planning meeting the board had directed — leaving families and staff without a receiving-school designation or written guarantees on staffing and enrollment. "For the stability of the students, staff, families, and the community, please, CPS, step in and ensure that there is a plan," Rutherford said.
The Chicago Teachers Union’s Dr. Diane Castro warned…
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