Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned that she will take action against teachers who refuse to show up to school today after a union voted against in-person learning.
"Mayor Lightfoot has started locking Chicago public school teachers and staff out of their Google Classrooms," the union tweeted early Wednesday morning, hours after it had said "all members will log in remotely to work."
"I want to assure you that I am doing everything in my power to keep our students in school, where they belong, learning," Lightfoot said.
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