{"id":43332,"date":"2016-10-04T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=43332"},"modified":"2016-10-04T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:37:14","slug":"parent-community-groups-back-teachers-strike-call-for-end-to-financial-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/parent-community-groups-back-teachers-strike-call-for-end-to-financial-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent, community groups back teachers strike, call for end to financial \u2018chaos\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Meredith Francis and Emily Olsen<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Chicago teachers walk, some parents will be right behind them.\u00a0More than 50 parent and neighborhood organizations threw their support behind the Chicago Teachers Union Tuesday during a City Hall rally as the city prepares for a possible strike next week.<\/p>\n

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Sherise McDaniel says she knows a strike could be hard for working parents, but still called it “necessary.” (Meredith Francis\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI really feel like this is necessary because if we don\u2019t push back now, the cuts will just keep happening,\u201d said Sherise McDaniel, a CPS parent of an 11-year-old and 18-year-old attending North Side schools. \u201cWe already have libraries with no librarians to operate them. I mean\u00a0prisons<\/i> have libraries.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McDaniel is a member of Parents 4 Teachers<\/a>, one of 52 community groups urging the district for more money for special education teachers, librarians, social workers, nurses and smaller class sizes. Organizations, including Arise Chicago<\/a>, the Pilsen Alliance<\/a> and Black Lives Matter Chicago<\/a> said they will picket with teachers.<\/p>\n

The teachers union announced last week it would strike<\/span><\/a> on Oct. 11 if a labor contract couldn\u2019t be reached between CTU and the Board of Education, appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Union officials said teachers have been working without a contract since July 2015.<\/p>\n

Parent groups and CTU frequently call for CPS to use leftover dollars from tax increment financing, the city program that provides extra tax money for neighborhood development. CTU said the TIF surplus is an alternative to taking money out of teachers\u2019 paychecks.<\/p>\n

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has called the threatened \u00a0strike \u201cdisappointing\u201d: \u201cIt would halt the great progress that our kids are making and it would create an enormous burden for CPS families.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rose McDonagh says her 17-year-old son with autism is successful today because of the teachers who helped him. (Emily Olsen\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rose McDonagh, a CPS parent whose 17-year-old son with autism attends Vaughn Occupational High School, said it was special ed teachers who helped her son improve. He was non-verbal but now performs in a theater group and has played the violin for eight years. She said a strike may be necessary to draw attention to large classroom sizes and staff layoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe teachers and staff are passionate and devoted,\u201d McDonagh said. \u201cThey work hard alongside my son as well as other students until they reached their full potential. They deserve to be paid fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Money from the TIF surplus isn\u2019t a permanent solution, said Ron DeNard Sr., CPS vice president of finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TIF surplus is a one-time revenue source, and that amount changes year to year,\u201d DeNard said in August. \u201cI think we can all agree that this is not a true fix to our budget issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erica Clark with Parents 4 Teachers disagrees. She said the group has been pushing an ordinance<\/a> that would funnel the TIF surplus to city schools. She says the ordinance, which 38 aldermen have sponsored, has stalled in the finance committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill is not a one-time stopgap,\u201d Clark said. \u201cIn any year that CPS is in financial straits \u2026 that TIF surplus would come back to CPS automatically.”<\/p>\n

The district is already making plans in the event of a strike. CPS announced Tuesday it will keep school buildings<\/a> open for students, and the park district and city\u2019s public libraries will also open their doors for those who need a place to go.<\/p>\n

Steven Ashby, a member of the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign<\/a> and labor historian, said parents want \u201cthe constant chaos of layoffs and cutbacks\u201d to end.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor has the power,\u201d Ashby said, \u201cbut he must find the will to side with the people of Chicago and not with the super-rich in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Steven Ashby of the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign says many parents will stand with teachers if they decide to walk. (Emily Olsen\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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