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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Donald Trump To Blame For Chicago Public School Issues

Emily Zanotti
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Donald Trump To Blame For Chicago Public School Issues
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has finally pinpointed why Chicago Public Schools is having so much difficulty returning students to in-person classroom learning: former President Donald Trump.

Chicago Public School students were supposed to return to in-person learning on Monday, but the Chicago Teachers Union, long opposed to returning to CPS classrooms, refused to go back to work Monday, setting off a hot war between CPS and CTU.

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