Chicago Public Schools to begin the school year with full remote learning
Chicago, Ill. Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that the 2020-21 CPS school year will begin remotely on September 8.
The decision to go remote was based on trends in public health data and survey results from parents which indicate that a large percentage of parents are not yet comfortable sending their children to school, said CPS, and as Chicago has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks that has public health officials concerned about the implications for in-person learning. The district will implement remote learning through the first quarter and work with CDPH to determine if it is safe to open with a hybrid learning model in the second quarter, which begins on November 9.