{"id":95441,"date":"2021-03-12T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=95441"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:21:35","slug":"cps-teachers-fought-for-access-to-covid-vaccines-now-they-might-become-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/cps-teachers-fought-for-access-to-covid-vaccines-now-they-might-become-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"CPS teachers fought for access to COVID vaccines. Now, they might become mandatory."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christopher Vazquez<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><br \/>\nWith Chicago Public Schools teachers returning to in-person learning, the school district is now trying to keep track of who\u2019s received a COVID-19 vaccine and \u2014 in some cases \u2014 require district employees to get vaccinated. But some teachers are concerned over how the district is approaching this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"CPS teachers fought for access to COVID vaccines. Now, they might become mandatory.\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/521936733?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Christopher Vazquez is a video reporter at Medill. You can follow him on Twitter at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByChrisVazquez\"><i>@ByChrisVazquez.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Vazquez Medill Reports With Chicago Public Schools teachers returning to in-person learning, the school district is now trying to keep track of who\u2019s received a COVID-19 vaccine and \u2014 in some cases \u2014 require district employees to get vaccinated. But some teachers are concerned over how the district is approaching this. 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