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Chicago arts communities press CPS to preserve conservatory models, demand charter accountability
Summary
Teachers, parents and union leaders urged the Chicago Board of Education to protect arts conservatory schools moving to district management, to guarantee jobs and continuous health coverage for teaching artists, and to hold charter operators financially accountable.
Members of the Shai Arts and CHI Arts communities, supported by Chicago Teachers Union leaders, told the Chicago Board of Education’s agenda review committee on Jan. 14 that the district must act quickly to preserve intensive arts instruction and protect staff during transitions to CPS management.
Dr. Diane Castro, CTU financial secretary and a bilingual preschool teacher, told the board that “workers rights to a union must be respected at all CPS district and charter schools,” and urged CPS to “act with speed and urgency” to ensure…
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