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On Sunday, CPS officials such as School Board President David Vitale and CTU leadership -- not including Lewis -- holed up in a negotiation room for hours. In the tense weeks before, the Associated Press reports, the district offered CTU a 2 percent raise for four years. Incensed, the union was quick to point that a snip-happy Emanuel had nixed a 4 percent raise just the year before, and in turn, asked for a 30 percent raise over two years. According to the AP, Lewis told union officials weeks ago that CTU would accept a raise as low as 19 percent. On Sunday, according to CPS, Vitale offered a 16 percent raise over the next four years, in addition to new job opportunities for laid off teachers. CPS also offered its first-ever paid maternity leave, and the joint implementation of teacher evaluations.

But at the end of the day, CTU, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, announced its official plan to strike. "People are actually surprised by how much CPS conceded. It seems like they did give in a lot," Wendy Katten, a parent and activist who runs a group called Raise Your Hand for IL Public Ed, told The Huffington Post late Sunday. "CTU is trying to show that they have the ability to shape public education, and that they're not going to be trampled on. It can't just be about small specifics -- to strike over air conditioner, I don't know."

Riot wrote:Man I'll never even make close to 70k! I make half =(

That seems like a lot but it's all proportional to cost of living really. That's probably equivalent to 40-45k here for an average teacher. Young teachers are getting pretty screwed with all the new legislation and evaluations and not getting a guaranteed (already very small) raise each year.

The air conditioner thing is probably taken out of context, but yeah.

SoDeepPolaris wrote:

Riot wrote:Man I'll never even make close to 70k! I make half =(

That seems like a lot but it's all proportional to cost of living really. That's probably equivalent to 40-45k here for an average teacher. Young teachers are getting pretty screwed with all the new legislation and evaluations and not getting a guaranteed (already very small) raise each year.

The air conditioner thing is probably taken out of context, but yeah.

I would like to hear your opinion on why someone should receive a guaranteed raise every year.

Is it just for cost of living?

Churches, community centers, some schools and other public facilities opened to care for thousands of children under a $25 million strike contingency plan financed by the school district. The children were supervised half a day and received breakfast and lunch, allowing some parents to work.

The union has called the plan to care for children during the strike a "train wreck." It warned that caregivers for the children do not have proper training, and there are fears of an increase in gang-related violence in some high-crime areas.