PSRP Corner: CPS illegally President’s message: How many Message sent: Community tries to change the rules of the educators and student deaths groups, parents, elected officials game after clear-cut Union win is the mayor willing to accept to demand voice in CPS reopening protecting our clerks PAGE 2 resume in-person school? PAGE 3 decisions PAGE 4 CHICAGOUNIONTEACHER October–November 2020 ⁄ Volume 84 ⁄ Number 2

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Billionaires are spending millions to Our educators, defeat the Fair Tax and lock in a system that has drained our students, and funds from public schools for decades PAGE 5 our communities

We need COVID testing during the deserve safety pandemic, not the alphabet soup of testing CPS forces on educators and students each year PAGE 7 UNION TEACHER CARROLL W. / 1901 AVENUE / CHICAGO, IL 60612

The CTU launches In order to compel educators to return to unsafe school buildings, the mayor and digital ads to focus her handpicked CEO and school board illegally ignored an arbitrator’s ruling, on the needs of refused to negotiate over critical safety protocols, and marginalized the voices school communities of educators, parents and students whose lives will be at risk. Educators long in the midst of this deadly pandemic to return to their classrooms, but we are confronting a public health crisis like PAGE 5 nothing we’ve seen in our lifetimes. Must we say it?

You can’t work or learn if you are dead. Pages 2 and 3 PSRP CTU member CORNER tackles the disaster of Why don’t Black student-based and Brown women budgeting Research into the racist matter to CPS? funding scheme needed CPS tries to change the rules of the game after now more than ever clear-cut Union win protecting our clerks BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS

ulton Elementary school BY CHRISTEL WILLIAMS-HAYES teacher Andrea Parker knows the harm that stu- was a school clerk for much of F dent-based budgeting inflicts on my adult life. My mother was CPS schools. She’s seen it first Ia school clerk and my daugh- hand at her own school, which ter is a school clerk. My family serves predominantly low-in- has proudly served CPS for three come Black and Latinx students, Andrea Parker generations. We are precisely the and at other schools in her com- kind of dedicated public servants munity. our schools need. Parker is an active CTU member, a fixture at CPS pro- So, why don’t Black and Brown tests and co-host of CTU Speaks!, the Union’s podcast. women like us matter to CPS? And in her spare time, she is pursuing her doctoral degree In August, the district forced in leadership. Her dissertation, “K-12 Teachers’ Perceptions clerks, tech coordinators and of Student-Based Budgeting,” examines teachers’ views of other staff to return to work in the racist funding scheme on their students and schools. person in buildings we knew were not safe, even though most of our Need for research work can be done remotely. The CTU Recording Secretary She chose the topic because of the dearth of research reports of filthy schools, lack of Christel Williams-Hayes on it from the educator’s vantage point and because she PPE, and failure to follow social and CTU organizer Tennille Evans (Photo: CTU) believes her work will inform future campaigns to scrap distancing mandates came pour- SBB, which is strangling schools on the city’s South and ing in immediately. West Sides. CTU has been mobilizing its members to Our Union challenged CPS and pressure CPS and the mayor to end SBB and to fund won a ruling from an independent threw a temper tantrum, refused schools based on student needs, not on a grossly unfair, arbitrator, who concluded schools to follow the arbitrator’s ruling, arbitrary formula. were not safe and workers should and sought retribution. Parker has been interviewing teachers from a variety of not be forced to work in person Remember, the Regardless of CPS directives, grade levels and subjects and different types of schools: low if their duties can be performed mayor runs the our members now have a right to enrollment to high enrollment and neighborhood, magnet remotely. do their work from home just as and selective enrollment. She also conducted a virtual focus How did CPS respond? Ig- schools. That they were doing in the spring. We group that posed questions like: How has student-budget- nore the rule of law, lie, bully and won the case fair and square— ing impacted your teaching conditions? How has it shaped threaten workers who dare to ex- means decisions CPS doesn’t get to change the the priorities of your district and your school? Why do you ercise their rights. The fact that rules of the game because they believe student-based budgeting was implemented in your the mayor and CPS chose to fight are made to serve don’t like the outcome. The stakes school district and why is it still being practiced? What role the Black and Brown women who are too high. should teachers play in implementing a budgeting formula? make our schools run, instead of the mayor’s political This is a matter of life and the virus, is a slap in the face. But death for us. Schools have been A lifelong dream we expected as much. interests, not the shut down because of a COVID-19 Parker already has three degrees, National Board Cer- Remember, the mayor runs the outbreak. At last count, over 250 tification and several endorsements to her name. But she schools. That means decisions are best interest of our CPS staff and vendors had con- believes pursuing a doctorate will help her become a better made to serve the mayor’s political tracted the virus, including one advocate and mentor for teachers and their students. interests, not the best interest of students, parents or of our members, Olga Quiroga, a “Earning a doctorate degree has been my lifelong our students, parents or teachers. bilingual teacher who died Oct. dream,” Parker said. “But it’s not just about a personal And that means we have to fight teachers. 1. She had gone into her building ambition or accomplishment. I know earning this degree those decisions in the political to assist families and fell ill a few in leadership will help me become a better advocate for arena. days later. my students and help me better speak up for communities Our members, especially our We’ve got top-notch attorneys that are not often heard.” clerks, did just that. They stepped who go to bat for us. We’ve got the up and spoke out loudly as part of took matters into our own hands, law and the facts on our side and Now more than ever a broad organizing and public in- distributing PPE to school staff we continue to hammer CPS at While SBB and other funding decisions impact students formation campaign that shined at the crack of dawn to highlight the bargaining table. But, as al- and teachers on a daily basis, Parker said, they often don’t the light on the dangerous condi- CPS’ dismal failure to provide even ways, our ability to enforce and have a voice or a seat at the table when those decisions are tions in schools. Members docu- basic safety supplies. We won our defend our rights depends on our made. She hopes her research will help change that. mented their safety concerns and case in arbitration a few days later. collective action. We cannot bow And funding changes are needed now more than ever. phone banked colleagues. We had We’ve all seen how children to the mayor’s strong arm tactics. “The pandemic has revealed a lot of inequities in the numerous TeleTown halls, spoke can act when they don’t get their We must stand strong and united budgeting formula and I do believe positions may be at- out at the CPS board meeting, way. They can turn angry, lose because that’s how we win. tacked if students do not show up for remote learning,” and amplified members’ voices at their temper, throw a tantrum. she said. “It may be used as a way to lay teachers off, es- several news conferences. That’s exactly how CPS behaved Christel Williams-Hayes is the CTU pecially teachers who are not teaching core subjects like At the end of September, we when they lost in arbitration. They Recording Secretary. reading or math.”

2  October–November 2020 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher CHICAGO UNION Safety first TEACHER Sisters and Brothers, timed and illegal reopening plan the day EDITED BY THE CHICAGO COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Our sister Olga Quiroga’s path to be- after the state reported its highest ever coming a CPS teacher was not an easy daily COVID rate — over 4,000 new cas- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ∕ one. An immigrant from Mexico, she es. Those numbers at press time continued Aaron Bingea, Carol Caref, Lynn cleaned houses to put herself through to rise — and they only tell half the story. Cherkasky-Davis, Jesse Sharkey, Christel Williams-Hayes school, worked as a PSRP and then final- While the city’s coronavirus positivity ly received her teaching degree. It’s a path rate hovered around 4 percent in early CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS ∕ familiar to many of our students and their October, over 30 zip codes in the predom- Chicago Teachers Union, John Cusick, families, which is one of the things that inantly Black and Latinix communities Chris Geovanis, Paul Goyette Photography made Olga such a beloved teacher. that CPS serves were seeing double digit She fell ill with COVID-19 just days rates, with some as high as 25 percent. ADVERTISING MANAGER ∕ Lupe Coyle into the school year, after she went to her Today the virus is surging, and positivi-

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ∕ Eric Ruder building to distribute supplies to the stu- ty rates are twice what CPS said in July dents and families she loved. should trigger remote-only learning. The Olga died on the very same day Pres- mayor’s talk of equity rings hollow in light the OFFICERS ident Trump revealed his coronavirus of those damning statistics. Jesse Sharkey ∕ PRESIDENT diagnosis. I’m guessing she didn’t have A district truly concerned about equi- president’s Stacy Davis Gates ∕ VICE PRESIDENT a team of world class doctors to fly her ty would not even contemplate in-person Christel Williams-Hayes ∕ RECORDING SECRETARY to a world class hospital. She didn’t get school during a pandemic until every message Maria Moreno ∕ FINANCIAL SECRETARY expensive experimental treatments that building had a full-time nurse; hot, run- are available to only a handful of people ning water; full PPE, and fully function- The Chicago Union Teacher is in the world. But, thankfully, her family ing air filtration and ventilation systems. published eight times a year (three times a year in print). The Chicago was with her at the end. A mayor truly guided by equity would Union Teacher is the official publication Just two weeks after Olga’s death, consider the tragically disparate impact of the Chicago Teachers Union, which Mayor Lightfoot and Janice Jackson the pandemic has had on the city’s work- is the exclusive bargaining agent announced that our youngest and most ing class Black and Latinx families. She’d for teachers, counselors, librarians, vulnerable children — pre-k students make sure every child in every school had clinicians and paraprofessional and and those with special needs — would access to the social workers and trauma school-related personnel in the Chicago be used, essentially, as school reopening supports our children need. She would Public Schools. guinea pigs this fall, with other students spare no expense to tap TIF funds and to follow in January. The mayor desper- other new resources to provide the sup- Chicago Teachers Union • Local 1 • ately wants students and teachers to re- port those families so desperately need. American Federation of Teachers, We yearn to AFL-CIO. turn to in-person learning, regardless of Instead, Mayor Lightfoot, her CPS the risk. She says equity demands it. CEO and her rubber stamp board of ed- be with our The Chicago Union Teacher is We want to be back in our classrooms ucation continue to ignore the voices of affiliated with the International Labor with our students, too, but not until it is educators, parents and students. They Communications Association and the safe for them, their families and our mem- illegally refuse to negotiate with us over students. But AFT Communications Network. bers — and not until we get some answers safety protocols, remote learning plans you can’t work from the mayor, such as: and schedules. They have failed to com- Chicago Teachers Union affiliations What metrics are you using to move mit to the robust safety protections our or learn if you include the Chicago Federation to in-person learning and why have they school communities need. of Labor (CFL), the Illinois State changed since the summer? Where’s the We want to collaborate with the dis- Federation of Labor-Congress of are dead. Industrial Organizations (ISFL-CIO), plan for testing and contact tracing? How trict to ensure the safety of our students the American Federation of Labor- will the hundreds of old school buildings and our members. But CPS and the mayor Congress of Industrial Organizations — many with windows that don’t open — continue to work in the shadows while the (AFL-CIO), the Illinois Federation be retrofitted to provide proper ventilation clock is ticking on our school year and, of Teachers (IFT) and the American and filtration now that we understand the quite frankly, our lives. We are confront- Federation of Teachers (AFT). virus is airborne and aerosolized? How ing a public health crisis like nothing will students maintain social distancing we’ve seen in our lifetimes. We yearn to in overcrowded schools and classrooms, be with our students, but you can’t work 1901 WEST CARROLL AVENUE some with 40 or more students? or learn if you are dead. CHICAGO, IL 60612 If CPS can’t keep staff safe in buildings Our hearts and thoughts go out to Olga’s TELEPHONE: with just a skeleton crew — as an inde- family and to the thousands more who have 312-329-9100 pendent arbitrator concluded — how will perished and suffered during this pan- GENERAL E-MAIL: it ensure safety when thousands of stu- demic. Trump and all the other right-wing [email protected] dents and workers return? COVID deniers may never know Olga’s sto- ADVERTISING E-MAIL: And, the most important question ry. But her daughters, who went public with [email protected] of all: How many student or educator their mother’s plight, are determined that WWW.CTULOCAL1.ORG deaths, like Olga’s, is the mayor willing to her death has meaning. And we are, too. accept on her shoulders, as a consequence We will keep Olga’s story in our hearts of her rush to resume in-person school? and thoughts as we fight to ensure the Make no mistake — that is not a rhe- health, safety and well being of our stu- torical question. CPS announced its ill- dents and the educators who serve them.

In solidarity,

Jesse Sharkey

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ October–November 2020  3 Brandon Johnson (Photo: Paul Goyette Photography) Message

(Photo: CTU) sent Parents, community A recipe for failure groups, elected officials join call to scrap in-person Our students and their educators deserve learning plan, demand a the right to survive these pandemic times seat at the table

BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS in-person work in August. CPS al pandemic. Special education ignored that ruling and illegal- cluster students are particular- BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS OVID-19 has taken ly pursued returning even more ly vulnerable to COVID-19 be- nearly a quarter of a staff to unsafe workplaces — cause of severe health challeng- ayor and her handpicked schools Cmillion lives in the U.S. even as workers in those build- es, yet CPS wants these students chief don’t want to engage with parents, com- How many Chicago deaths are ings are being sickened. If the and their families to travel by Mmunity organizations or elected officials about acceptable to the mayor and district cannot keep workers bus with unclear safety guar- in-person school reopening plans any more than they CPS as they cherry-pick the sci- safe in buildings with skeleton antees. want to engage with educators. But she has been hear- ence to justify their dangerous crews, we have no confidence It also is cruel to expect ing from them loud and clear. in-person reopening experi- they can ensure the safety of four-year-old Pre-K children to Dozens of elected officials and parent and community ment? thousands of students and staff. return to buildings where they groups across the city sent scathing letters to the mayor in October demanding she scrap her dangerous push for That question is on the It’s a recipe for failure. cannot hug their teachers, play in-person school. Like the Union, our allies believe that minds of members, parents, and The citywide COVID-19 pos- with their classmates or share equity and safety should be the guiding principles in any students as CPS pushes ahead itivity rate stood at 4.5 percent toys. And it is dangerous to ex- discussion about returning to school buildings. with its reckless, ill-timed and in mid-October, when CPS an- pect their teachers to manage the And, they argue, the people most impacted by the illegal plan to bring thousands nounced some 5,000 educators runny noses, bathroom breaks mayor’s decision — educators, parents and students — of students and staff back for and 22,000 students would and other issues that come with must have a seat at the table when those decisions are in-person school in November. return to buildings, with a sev- caring for young children. being made. en-day rolling average of 442 Reckless “Bargaining” with CPS “We see no evidence that the district is incorporating new cases per day. But the pos- teacher, parent and student feedback to create a Sending our youngest and itivity rate in Latinx and Black The Union has attempted to pedagogically sound, developmentally appropriate, most vulnerable students back communities was two and three bargain, as ISBE says we should, sustainable, flexible education virtually,” the letter from into school buildings without times that. And rates for children on a return to work plan with members of the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) the proper investments to make under the age of 17 stood at 10 CPS for months but, as usual, the said. “CPS needs to work with, listen to, and incorporate those spaces safe is the defini- percent. Those rates had roughly district has no intent to engage into its guidelines, the feedback from educators, students tion of reckless. Forcing these doubled by the week of Oct. 26. with the people who know our and families who are dealing with the currently unworkable at-risk students back into un- schools and our students best — Remote Learning conditions.” safe buildings because CPS has An obscene experiment and has told us so. CEO Janice The groups warned that while the city and state are failed to support them during “It’s beyond disturbing that Jackson or Chief Education Offi- experiencing increases in COVID-19 metrics, CPS has not remote learning is precisely the CPS would choose to use our cer Latanya McDade failed to at- made the additional investments in facilities, equipment, wrong approach to take. most vulnerable and most med- tend a single bargaining session, policy and staffing that would make a return to in- Mayor Lightfoot was con- ically fragile students in this ob- a telling sign of the district’s lack person learning safe, especially for the Black and Brown spicuously absent when CPS scene experiment,” Vice Presi- of interest in reaching an agree- communities CPS serves that are being ravaged by the CEO Janice Jackson announced dent Stacy Davis Gates said. “It ment with educators. virus. “CPS is rushing into this hybrid plan the same way it the back-to-school buildings is dangerous and irresponsible “We’ve become accustomed rushed into remote learning and we cannot support it,” the plan on a Friday. The following to unilaterally roll out a plan to CPS’ chronic refusal to ad- letter concluded. Monday, the mayor was raising without consultation or coop- dress the educational and so- Elected officials echoed those sentiments. alarm bells about the increasing eration with our members and cial-emotional needs of our “Not every community has experienced the pandemic COVID-19 case counts and pos- CPS families. But this is what students,” Davis Gates said. in the same way,” they said. “As such, making a decision itivity rate and ordering Chica- happens when CPS refuses to “But now CPS and the mayor based on a city-wide measure for transmission may mean goans to stay away from anyone bargain over basic safety proto- are literally putting lives on higher risk of spread in areas with high populations of who doesn’t live with them. cols or engage in transparency the line by marching students essential workers, multi-generational families and those at or accountability.” and workers back into unsafe Illegal higher risk of serious complications, thus putting students The move to endanger spe- buildings with no transparency, and families at risk.” An independent arbitrator cial needs students comes as no no answers to critical questions ruled that CPS buildings are surprise. The district has a long and no meaningful stakeholder For a full list of the elected officials and allies who sent the not safe for the clerks and other history of undercutting special engagement. Our school com- letters, visit cutlocal1.org. staff who were ordered back to education years before the glob- munities deserve better.”

4  October–November 2020 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher Why are billionaires spending millions to defeat the Fair Tax? (Photo: John Cusick) It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure our children’s future

BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS while middle and low-income workers pay income taxes or receive a tax cut. retirement income. This is FALSE, period. nearly double, 13 percent. In 2017, after a decade-long fight, the Both the Illinois AARP and the Illinois Al- hy is Ken Griffin, one of the rich- That regressive tax system is respon- state adopted a new evidence-based edu- liance of Retired Americans support the est people in Illinois, joining his sible for the chronic underfunding of our cation funding formula designed to allo- Fair Tax amendment. Wwealthy friends to spend mil- schools and other public services. cate state education dollars to school dis- Martwick, the chief sponsor of the lions to defeat the Fair Tax Amendment The Illinois Constitution — the same tricts based on what they actually need to amendment, advised CTU members to on the November ballot? constitution that mandates the flat tax — serve students. But public schools are still be vigilant and not take its passage for “That’s easy,” said CTU Legislative and directs the state to provide the majority of underfunded. The Fair Tax is expected to granted. It needs to garner 60 percent of Policy Director Kurt Hilgendorf. “They funding for public schools. But, in reality, raise an extra $3 billion to begin plugging those voting on it to pass. have a sweet deal and they want to keep it.” the bulk of funding — 54 percent — comes the budget hole. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity That “deal” — Illinois’ unfair, flat rate from local property taxes, giving Illinois “Will the Fair Tax solve all our prob- to level the playing field,” he said. “This tax — allows Griffin and other wealthy Il- the eighth most regressive tax system in lems overnight?” Cook County Commis- is about bringing more resources to our linoisans to pay the same income tax rate the nation. sioner and CTU Organizer Brandon John- classrooms, but let’s be clear. The choice as school cafeteria workers, bus drivers or The reliance on property taxes also son said. “Of course not. But it will begin isn’t between getting more resources or grocery store clerks. means that the poorest districts, includ- to address the stark inequalities that our staying the same. Without the Fair Tax, But that deal’s time is coming to an ing CPS, with the greatest needs, have the public schools face.” we’ll be going backward for years to come, end. Illinois voters have a chance on the least resources available. Johnson joined CTU Vice President and I can’t even imagine that.” November ballot to scrap the flat tax and Stacy Davis Gates, Sen. Rob Martwick and Hilgendorf urged CTU members to get Tax cuts adopt a progressive income tax, known as Hilgendorf for a virtual Fair Tax Forum in involved in the Union’s Fair Tax campaign the Fair Tax. If approved in November, the Fair Tax September to present the facts about the by helping to phone bank, share messages Amendment would change all that by re- amendment and challenge the lies being on social media and post yard signs. Fundamentally unfair writing the disastrous clause in the state advanced by a well-funded, massive right- “Everything we’re experiencing in this Illinois is one of just a handful of states constitution that requires the flat rate. The wing misinformation campaign. moment is connected to a tax system that with a flat income tax rate. Under this new Fair Tax would apply only to those is unfair and places all the burden on Spreading lies fundamentally unfair system, the top 1 making more than $250,000 a year — or working class families,” Davis Gates said. percent of Illinoisans pay just 7 percent just 3 percent of Illinois’ population. Every- One of the biggest falsehoods being “This is about securing the future of our of their income in state and local taxes, one else would see no change in their state spread about the Fair Tax is that it will tax state for our children.”

BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS “It’s clear that safety must be para- mount in everything we do, from an Everyone s parents, students and educators arbitrator’s ruling that school build- fought back against the mayor’s dan- ings remain unsafe, to two of the city’s deserves Agerous plan to restart in-person school largest charter networks announcing for our youngest and most vulnerable stu- remote learning plans. Mayor Lori dents, CTU launched a series of digital ads Lightfoot and her handpicked Board to be designed to focus on the needs of school com- of Education must work with students, munities in the midst of the global COVID-19 parents and educators to ensure safety Watch the video at www.youtube.com/CTUtv1 pandemic. for everyone in every building.” “Safe.” the educators who know best how to make re- The first ad, simply titled “Safe,” examines The minute and a half spot poses the ques- mote learning work and how to ensure safety the impact of COVID-19 through the lens of tion all teachers and parents want answered. in our school buildings once we return,” CTU more than 200,000 deaths in the U.S. and a “Is there a number of educator or student President Jesse Sharkey said. “At the same CTU ads focus disparate impact on Black and Latinx com- deaths that we are willing to accept in order time, the mayor and her management team munities — the same communities making to have in-person school? How much heart- are simply ignoring a growing body of scien- on school needs up the majority of students in the district. break do we have to endure before they do tific evidence that raises real alarms about “All over the country, COVID-19 has the right thing?” during the returning students and their educators to un- changed the way we live, the way we work, And, it concludes, “We all want students safe buildings. These ads help us educate the pandemic and the way we learn. The pandemic has back in their classrooms, but with COVID public on the urgency of the situation and the forced a reckoning for educators and families still on the rise, now is the time to listen to need for a clear safety plan before any more of across Chicago and through tragedy and tri- those who are risking the most. And invest our members, our children or anyone returns umph made us fight for our lives as well as in making our buildings safe.” to CPS buildings.” our school communities,” a narrator reads. “CPS and the mayor refuse to engage with

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ October–November 2020  5 House of Delegates Meeting ∕ Angela; Page, Catherine; Wendorf, Lori ∕ NETWORK 5B Vinezeano, Michele; Wagner, Colette ∕ NETWORK 11A Miller, Marc; Cybulski, Nicholas; Daniels, Rochelle ∕ NETWORK 17 Bryant, Michael; Clark, Clinetta; Smith, Edie; Williams, Lekisch David; Mitchell, Susan ∕ NETWORK 11B Clay, Jamila; Holmes, Platt, Mallory; Riouse, Nicole; Sullivan, Nancy ∕ AUSL SOUTH Wednesday, October 7, 2020 ∕ NETWORK 6A Anderson-Matchem, Candace; Bertoni- Davina; House, Mariah; Maynie, Timothy ∕ NETWORK 11C Sanders, Toya ∕ AUSL WEST Pope, Bryan; Redmond, La’Tina; NETWORK CTUA1 Delegates not present: NETWORK 1A Brennan, Jennifer; Mancine, Arlene; Jones, Shaleka; Kruchten, Jacob; Stewart, Cailynn ∕ Smith, Kimnise; Smith, Vera; Stephanos, Peter ∕ Waters, Cynthia ∕ Buffington, Brigid; Chaffee, Emily; NETWORK 6B Burks, Kenyada; Sparks, Aranza ∕ NETWORK 12A Carter, Launder; Crockette, Nicole; Everett, Tamarra; Frye- Crooks, Andrew; Jones, Sarah; Loafmann, Paul; Pietruszka, David; Galligan, Mary; Green, Laurie ∕ NETWORK 1B All Present ∕ 7A Chino, Ervis; Fragoso, Miguel; Martinez, Claudia; Monahan, Kerr, Linda; McElmurry, Gwendolyn; Robinson, Chaunte; Simpson, Warren, Zachary ∕ CTUA2 Anfossi, Sabrina; Berner, Indalia; NETWORK 1C Dillon, Barbara; Flanagan, Nora; Graves, Kenneth Dorothy; Reed, Anne; Rentz, Kathleen ∕ NETWORK 7B Allyson; Washington, Lashawn ∕ NETWORK 12B Bell, Wilma; Brooks, James; Ferri, Enrico; Foley, Seamus; Martin, Roy; Martinez, ∕ NETWORK 2A Smith, Cynthia; Williams, Isaac ∕ NETWORK Castaneda, Bertha; Olazaba, Phillip; Peralta, Alfredo; Zablocki, Coleman-Mathus, Janice; Farmer, Yvette; Jones, Kallie; Kidd, Tracey; Marines; Scott-Rudnick, Michael; Van Herik, Andrew; Willert, 2B Bravo-Gonzalez, Mayra; Harazin, David; McAdoo, Jesse; Park, Danielle ∕ NETWORK 8A Burke, Niamh; Carapia, Yesenia; Cleve, Kile, Carmen; Thigpen, Sondra ∕ NETWORK 13A Bobo, Jennifer; Keith ∕ CITY-WIDE CAREER SERVICE Ayala, Rose; Kimberly; Pedersen, Christian; Soto, Karen ∕ NETWORK 3A Craig; Matuska, Lisa ∕ NETWORK 8B Banasiak, Sally; Gallagher, Gordon-Thompson, Latonya; Holmes, Deborah; Mason, James; Bullocks, Latonya; Burtler, Deborah; Campbell, Jacqueline; Casimir, NETWORK Jabri, Nour; Poellinetz, Andre; Ryczek, Lourdes ∕ Martin; Helfman, Kevin; Saucedo, Ernestina ∕ NETWORK 9A Miller, Taniko; Wright, KaJuan ∕ NETWORK 13B Calvillo, Jacqueline; Cruz, Griselda; Davis, Barbara; Doss, Tonya; Gonzalez, 3B Anderson, Tracy; Crowder, Sharon; Del Monico, Kathleen; Denard, Kimberly; Smith, Tara ∕ NETWORK 9B Banks, Lindsey; Reyes; Carrethers, Loreal; Coleman, Angela; Kasdan-Soso, Lorie; Catalina; Gonzalez, Maria; Hill, Delphine; Jordan, Sherry; Lozoya, Moore, Tammy; Poole, Alethea ∕ NETWORK 4A Cieslik, Laura; Horton, Kawana; Jefferson, Joyce; MacKay, Gideon; Olson, Genni; King, Latia; Lee, Tyrone; Schmitt, Mary Therese ∕ NETWORK Maria; Smith, Cynthia; Trice, Jeanine; Williams, Robert ∕ CITY- Jun Suvatne, Wonju; Ryan, Phyllis; Zoldan, Sara ∕ NETWORK Schnall, Jamie ∕ NETWORK 10A Figueroa, Laura; Martinez, 14 Elliott, Russell; Hecht, Emily; Hobbs, Giovanna; Islas, Raul; WIDE Braddock, Corey; Christensen, William; Daniels, Theresa; 4B Kostencki, Linda; Lossin, Leah; McAuliff, Nancy; Schroeder, Teresa; O’Malley, Margaret; Strange, Brenda; Toro, Theresa ∕ Lewis, Shereena; Neves-Tabor, Melissa; Schmidt, Sharon; Szewczyk, Hill, Alex; Kysel, Keith; Lamme, William; Lopez, Gabriel; Matthews, Zach ∕ NETWORK 4C Reddicliffe, Rebecca; Schussler, John NETWORK 10B Kelly, Laura; Linehan, Joseph; McDevitt, Nicholas ∕ NETWORK 15 Banda, Stephen; Ford-France, Phyllis; Sheresa; Morgan, Merritt; Natale, Renee; Schecter, Jeff; Scott, ∕ NEWORK 5A Cerda, Brian; Grayer, Barbara; Greco-Serwa, Julie; Mirkiewicz, Brittany ∕ NETWORK 10C Fuller, Nicole; Huirache, Jessica; Roberson, Gerald; Rodriguez, Jennifer; Thomas, Cecelia; Smith, Eileen; Stachler, Lara; Tuite, Jacquelyn; Vega, Hilario; Sandra; Hosler, Chelsea; James, Donella; Koziol, Monica; Maloney, Gagner, Louis; Jemison, Diannia; Rhodes, Derrick; Spangler, Jessica; Alison; Zwiazek, Carly ∕ NETWORK 16 Burke, Heide; Cover, White, Leandres; Zoller, Daniel

Feb 8 Mary A Ercegovac Mar 26 Marcia M A Budinsky, Clemente Apr 28 Sherley B Frazier, Kilmer Jun 17 Monica D Fudacz, Hubbard Aug 8 Edward L Carter In memoriam Feb 10 Donald E Pechous Mar 26 Helen Tannenbaum, Dpty Supt Bus Apr 29 Alice K O’Neill Jun 17 Eva B Mcfarland Aug 8 John Z Rombakis Feb 10 Gertrude T Preyar, C-W Educ Gen Mar 26 Celeste F Miller, Nobel Apr 30 Nancy J Valles, Trumbull Jun 18 Joselita L Redheffer, Sullivan Aug 8 Hal Louis Meyer, Hay 1991 Feb 11 Spencer A Wilson Mar 28 Ronald William Korajczyk Apr 30 Fred E Williams Jun 18 Johanna S Brocker, C-W Educ Gen Aug 8 Monica G Skylas, Pirie Oct 30 Valeria R Lambert Feb 12 Wilma Y McClendon, Prussing Mar 28 Mary M Bann, Funded Programs Apr 30 Yvonne J Mackel, Dpty Supt Bus Jun 19 Josephine F Curtin, Ruiz Aug 8 Charles J Wrobel Feb 13 Hugh E Levoy, Marquette James Mar 28 Maureen N Burke May 1 Carlene M Blumenthal, Prosser Jun 19 Claude Alan Bossette, Curie Aug 8 Nancietta L Stocking, Lincoln 2019 Feb 14 Kenneth Philpot, Tilden Mar 28 Denise Weed, York May 1 Lila S Irwin Jun 19 Elizabeth J Heffernan Aug 9 Frances A Molloy May 25 Eva C Smith Feb 14 John Joseph Bien, Dever Mar 28 Eula M Williams May 2 Ossie Bush, Kennedy Jun 19 Glen Hoffmeyer Aug 10 Donald Joseph Dolezal, Ariel Jun 18 Ramon Puron-Bosque Feb 14 Clifford L Ivey, Holmes Mar 28 Beatrice Mann May 2 Mercedes S Rio, Sub Postal Srvc Jun 19 Joanne C McCarville Aug 10 Hector M Ortiz, Saucedo Oct 3 Tonia Michele Chambers, Gary Feb 14 Virginia Sayad Mar 29 Viola F Ansah, Ogden May 3 Joan Constance Parker, Ross Jun 20 Leatrice R Shay Aug 11 Salvatore G Rotella Nov 26 William H Winebrenner Feb 14 Randy J Wortman Mar 30 Peter G Strelczyk, Prosser May 3 Robert F Gerry Jun 20 James K Fay Aug 11 Jacqueline Mae Faragoi, Davis Dec 1 Georgette Rohde, Mather Feb 14 Funda O Weatherford, C-W Educ Gen Mar 30 Michelle J Robin May 3 Robert F Gerry Jun 20 Anna M Perkins Aug 12 Veronica A Meyer Dec 10 Marcus M Ahmed, Sch Svc Ctr Feb 15 Zelma Lee Woodson, Jenner Mar 31 Patricia A Barry May 4 Velma G Sykes Jun 21 Edward P Haak Aug 13 Reginald Hill, C-W Spec Svcs Sup Dec 17 Louise G Banks Feb 15 Barbara L Bowe Mar 31 Carol J Duffy May 4 Lois S Johnson, C-W Educ Gen Jun 22 Leona Z Heinen Aug 13 Michael P Vastalo, Burroughs Dec 17 Anita Remish Feb 15 Louis M Irons Mar 31 Carolyn D Marshall, C-W Spec Svcs May 4 William McCaw Jun 22 Geraldine Judycki Aug 13 Frank W Jakubiak Dec 19 Jeanne L Miller Feb 15 June Johnson, Fulton Mar 31 Merrion P Mangum May 5 Landon A Cox, Sub Postal Srvc Jun 24 Carl Joseph Wanzung, Spry Aug 13 Laura L Prince, C-W Educ Gen Dec 20 Awilda Adorno Feb 15 Clara Alexander, Wacker Apr 1 Frank R Krasnowski May 5 Zenaida A Esteron Jun 24 Marion G Shore Aug 14 Carol H Becker, Hamline Dec 21 Sheila M Doublette Feb 15 Audrey L Morton Apr 1 Angeline Ali, Lincoln Park May 5 Sylvia T Matthews, Curie Jun 24 Roosevelt Jones, C-W Educ Gen Aug 15 Julius Gore Dec 22 Mary L Hernandez, Mozart Feb 16 Clara Williams-Ekoue, Brennemann Apr 1 Mary Masse, Roosevelt May 5 Gustavo Lomeli, Juarez Jun 24 Joel A Lipkin Aug 15 Beulah Jones Dec 23 Martha V Patterson Feb 17 Francisca C Somday, Spry Apr 1 Joann Jenkins, C-W Spec Svcs Sup May 6 Barbara Wardlow, Gale Jun 25 Dorothy C Ritchey, Neil Aug 15 Alberta L Gresh Dec 23 Marian O Stettler, Postal sub Feb 18 Robert E Gutter, Region 6 Apr 1 Rita Lawrence May 6 Gerald J Flanagan Jun 26 Ernest J Wickstrom Aug 15 Betty M Walker Dec 23 Alscenia W Hodo Feb 19 Alice M Jones Apr 2 Phillip S Cooper, Buckingham May 7 Robert Loman, Jefferson N Jun 27 Marion A Kenny Aug 16 Cal Lee Done, Chgo Military Aca Dec 24 Anna Rosa Vazzano, Burbank Feb 19 Frances G Friedman Apr 2 John A Dorigan May 8 Robert G Luksta Jun 27 Marilyn A Fox Aug 17 Francis M King Dec 24 Yvonne M Pierce Feb 20 Eileen M Bryan Apr 2 Donald S Andrews May 8 Lorraine G Foucher Jun 27 Joyce Patterson, Lane Tech Aug 17 Clarence Anderson Dec 24 Robert L Abson Feb 20 Lorraine T Johnson, Pickard Apr 3 James E Lewis May 8 James A Adams, Sub Teacher Postal Jun 27 Emma L Brown-Hull, Dpty Supt Bus Aug 17 James E Rose, Faraday Dec 24 Patricia A Barto Feb 21 Roger Raymond Niznik, Curie Apr 3 Melvin Dillard May 9 Mae W Cowen Jun 29 Lessie W Mathis Aug 18 Nona Lee Moore, Dumas Dec 26 Nancy Christensen, Dpty Supt Bus Feb 23 Elaine D McCreary, C-W Educ Gen Apr 3 Judith M Moore, Foster Park May 9 Margaret M Koenig Jun 29 Marguerite Lennon Aug 18 Walter S Hicks Dec 27 William E Jackson, Lawrence Feb 23 Peter P Jacobchuk Apr 3 Latheria Williams May 9 Clyde R Nevels, Sub Postal Srvc Jun 29 Edita M Bejar Aug 18 Judith L Bungert, Robeson Dec 28 Mary E Smyth Feb 23 Barbara J Dungill, Sub Postal Srvc Apr 4 Leonard R Mershimer May 10 Marian F Eugene Jun 30 Helen L Williams, Reed Aug 19 Laverne W Davis, C-W Educ Gen Dec 28 Judith A Hubbard Feb 23 Ruth Weise Apr 4 Frank J Cahill May 10 Dorothy L Abbitt Jul 1 Patricia K Conway Aug 20 Marcia Pierce-Hawkins Dec 29 Daya Dimitra Locke, Calumet Feb 23 Bobby Lee Crume Apr 4 Elisabeth H Murrel May 10 Marlene F Steinberg Jul 1 David E Morgan, C-W Educ Gen Aug 22 Avice M Rodda, C-W Educ Gen Dec 29 Mable A Rogers, Wright Feb 24 Dorothy C Rothman Apr 4 Joel W Brooks May 10 Lois P Smith Jul 2 Eatta M Marcus Aug 22 Carol C Nemesnyik Dec 29 Gloria T Goldstein, Amundsen Feb 24 Ilena J Crushshon, Lasalle Apr 5 David J O’Neill, Lane Tech May 11 Gertrude E Westphal Jul 3 Anita Lipnitzky, Falconer Aug 23 Isabel M De Para Dec 31 Rhonda L Wilson-Veal, Burnside Feb 24 Patricia A Harvey Apr 5 John A Allen, Communications May 11 Rosie L Collum Jul 3 Anthony Aslanides, Sub Teacher Postal Aug 23 Adis C Mir Feb 24 Frederick B Smith Apr 5 Helene Gail Chaseman, Nixon May 11 Renee K Borge Jul 3 Bruce T Marchiafava, Comms Aug 23 Carol J Pauly, Dpty Supt Bus 2020 Feb 24 Ann Faust Apr 5 Mary L Kennedy, Southside May 11 Yvonne C Richardson Jul 4 Laura Lee Mclean, Senn Aug 23 Laura F Gradolf Jan 1 Stephen A Taylor, Dunbar Voc Feb 25 Michael Harry Fiorini, Foreman Apr 5 Corrine P Myers, Steinmetz May 12 Sidney Freeman Jul 4 Aleater S Webster Aug 24 Laurie Rae Malkin, Sub Postal Srvc Jan 1 Herman P Stepto Feb 26 James Z Chrones Apr 5 Kathleen A Fay, Amundsen May 13 Louise H Perez, Key Jul 5 Christine A Marshall, Beasley Aug 24 Flora M Grippo Jan 1 Lillie Jones Feb 26 Bruna M Danese Apr 5 Russell V McManus, Sub Postal May 13 Herbert B Forman Jul 6 Charlotte Ann Emery, Aldridge Aug 24 Michele Huber, Hernandez Jan 2 May R Chasin Feb 27 Anthe K Simigis, Lozano Annex Apr 5 Elizabeth J Russell May 13 Lynn W Wasserman, Dever Jul 6 Pamela Foster, Coles Aug 25 Yvonne J Dixon Jan 2 James M Ansbro Feb 27 Gloster Richardson, Sub Postal Srvc Apr 5 Leonid Buzyna, Chase May 13 Catherine Desmond Jul 6 Mary D Durkin Aug 26 Karen L Sweatt, Early Chi Jan 4 Helen C Sullivan Feb 28 Geraldine R Heffernan Apr 5 Lorraine M Camper May 13 Vivian J Forsythe Jul 6 Donzella Brim Aug 26 Evelyn H Watts, Lane Tech Jan 4 Sylvia Arnold Feb 28 Concepcion Ponce De Leon, Hayt Apr 6 Mitchell Kostro May 13 David E Roberson, Clemente Jul 7 Delores S Smith Aug 27 Marie T Glazier Jan 5 Esther M Abiera Feb 28 Henry Dean Saberman, Senn Apr 6 Peter Zansitis May 14 Albert L Perry, Educ To Careers Jul 7 Joe L Bankhead Aug 27 Calvin R McKinney, Hyde Park Jan 7 William E Jordan Feb 28 Mary Anderson Apr 6 Celeste Kindler May 14 Harold Lindberg Jul 7 Richard W Risner Aug 27 Carmen M Aran, Stockton Jan 7 Nina M Steele Feb 29 Diana C Samargin Apr 7 Josephine S Banks May 14 Mildred Brodner Jul 8 Lilian Y Nakamoto Aug 28 Virginia H Casady Jan 9 Joan Powers Feb 29 Margaret E Herweg Apr 7 Patricia Roth May 14 James H Jones Jul 9 Margaret C Hamilton Aug 28 Richard A Tygielski Jan 9 Dellores M Mirotznik Feb 29 Sharon Gail Armstrong, Hirsch Apr 7 Laura A Butler, C-W Educ Gen May 15 Phyllis A Arndt Jul 9 Adora Mae Lloyd Aug 30 Donald E Beavers, Tilden Jan 9 Leo E Kiebles Feb 29 Eleanor L Addison, McDade Apr 8 Dwight E Powell, C-W Spec Svcs May 16 Arthur Joseph Vavra Jul 10 Janet T Walton, C-W Spec Svcs Aug 30 Kathleen Ann Jackson, Melody Jan 10 Virginia A Williams, C-W Spec Svcs Mar 2 Virginia M Kuta, Healy Apr 8 Ardis T Manschreck May 17 Matthew Enos Jul 11 Toby J Shapiro Aug 31 Mattie W Lipscomb Jan 10 Margaret Flowers Mar 2 Charlotte J Viero, C-W Educ Gen Apr 9 Dolores J Tolliver May 17 Lolita Marie Stanton Jul 11 Willie M McDonald, Dpty Supt Bus Aug 31 Odell Newton, School of Leadrsh Jan 10 Patricia M Olafson Mar 2 Annette E Brenner, Sub Postal Srvc Apr 10 Sandra Harris, Tilden May 17 Walter D Brown, Farragut Jul 12 Kathleen H Sheehy, Hale Aug 31 Ausbra Ford Jan 11 Marguerite Barlow Mar 2 Harry Malone Apr 10 Christine Wyatt, Ericson May 19 Eileen A Dobias Jul 13 Constance Montgomery, Region 3 Aug 31 Mary L Finn Jan 11 Beverly Helm, Chicago Discovery Mar 3 Robert E Herditsky, Schurz Apr 11 Catherine M O’Shea, Manley May 19 Aaron B Gaston, Sub Postal Srvc Jul 13 Valda L Pandy, Foster Park Aug 31 Nancy C Holland Jan 11 Darryl Kupperschmidt, Hughes Mar 3 Eugene Denk Apr 11 Doris P Samuels, Dpty Supt Bus May 19 Sylvia Patrie Johnson, Ryerson Jul 13 Gloria T Brookter Aug 31 Ralph N Childs Jan 12 Berve Power, Dpty Supt Bus Mar 3 Mattie J Armstrong, Sexton Apr 11 James Edward Moran, Morrill May 20 Alan J Schonberg, Foreman Jul 15 Ranka P Gajic Aug 31 Willye B Lamar, Farragut Jan 13 Daphne J Baldie Mar 4 Margie M Duke Apr 11 Joseph D Nocchi May 21 Mitchell J Levy Jul 16 Janice Lynn Smithers, Fenger Sep 1 Leslie Sparrey Jan 14 Karen S Moy, Beaubien Mar 5 Constance N Kates, Marquette James Apr 11 Johnnie Davenport, Deneen May 23 Patricia P Mosley Jul 16 Marylee Paoletti, Newberry Sep 3 Pamela Lee Persons, Disney Jan 15 Bernice D Terrell Mar 5 George W Dovin, Juarez Apr 11 Gwendolyn King May 23 Rosalie J Grey, Dpty Supt Bus Jul 17 Rose R Hogan Sep 3 William L Hartnett, Cleveland Jan 15 Myriam Abramoske Mar 5 Barbara L Miller, C-W Educ Gen Apr 11 Yen-Tien Ma, Steinmetz May 23 Geraldine J Baginski Jul 18 Nilda D Rodriguez, Schneider Sep 3 Joseph I Moore Jan 15 Diane S Zmaczynski Mar 6 Phillip Yangas, Steinmetz Apr 12 Maureen R Plain May 24 Jose J Almaraz, Sub Teacher Postal Jul 18 Jeffrey A Williams, Kenwood Sep 4 Kathleen M Meason Jan 16 Bernice A Greene Mar 6 Carol M Connolly, Clemente Apr 12 Michael Livorsi May 24 Aparna Bharati, Future Comm Jul 18 Maggie L Mangum, Bass Sep 5 Vilma J Parker, Sub Postal Srvc Jan 16 Joel S Rapp, CB York Alt Mar 6 Mattie J Moore Apr 12 Marion C Hoffing May 24 Enrique Gallego-Blanco, Jahn Jul 19 Dan E Clark, Sub Postal Service Sep 5 Paulette M Adams, Dpty Supt Bus Jan 16 Elizabeth Lawson Mar 7 John Zaber Apr 12 John A Richardson May 25 Peter C Nikolich Jul 19 John J Nokes, C-W Educ Gen Sep 5 Mary M Haugh Jan 16 Thomas Lalagos, Hyde Park Mar 7 Annie R Delk, Hearst Apr 13 John C Hayes May 25 Alvin Grant Jul 19 Norman J McClean Sep 5 Frances J Mondo Jan 17 Geraldine L Warnik Mar 7 Mildred T Heyward Apr 13 Eugene R Hoskins, Schneider May 25 Evelyn Wynne Jul 19 Leonard C Rubin Sep 5 Marilyn R Belt, Parker Jan 17 Antonieta Coronado, Armour Mar 8 Marilyn Lyle, Kenwood Apr 13 Allen D Lubanowski May 26 Robert L Fogt Jul 19 Sylvia A Franklin Sep 6 Mary S Duncan Jan 19 Joseph A Hernandez, De La Cruz Mar 8 Odaisha Mcbroom, Dvorak Apr 13 Prem S Gupta May 26 Michael Dennis Fleming, York Jul 19 Frances E Delancy, Marshall Sep 6 Jeanette L Gordon Jan 19 Kathleen Stenzel Mar 9 Mickey A Joffe, Foreman Apr 14 Dennis Curtin May 26 John E Thompson Jul 20 Carolyn L Reese, Beasley Sep 7 Tobey N Dato, Lake View Jan 19 Rosela Anne James, Curie Mar 9 Samuel Sharpe Apr 14 Yvonne Marie Willis, Cook May 27 Nancy H Schaeffer, Sub Postal Srvc Jul 21 Hermenegildo Saldana, C-W Educ Gen Sep 8 Athena Bianchi Jan 20 Diane L Peters, Dpty Supt Bus Mar 9 Robert A Saddler Apr 15 Ralph R Basile, C-W Educ Gen May 27 John E Mosby Jul 21 George J Richter Sep 8 Eileen M Stahulak, Dpty Supt Bus Jan 20 Attilio L Donahue, Morgan Park Mar 10 Bonnie Lynn Gall, Hubbard Apr 15 Joyce R Conley May 28 Eva L McKinney, Hyde Park Jul 21 Edia Gonzalez, Kelvyn Park Sep 8 Caryl A Carstens Jan 20 Mary Jane Rodriguez Mar 10 Margaret M Faust Apr 15 Burton W Friedman May 29 Grace Gonzalez Jul 22 Alicia A Rogawski, Greeley Sep 9 Ronald W Crabbe, Calumet Jan 20 Esther Witek Mar 10 Leonard B Hayes, Carver Apr 16 Donna L Haran May 29 Beatrice J Clark, Crown Jul 23 Robert Lee Howard, Lincoln Sep 9 Lela Johnson, Hubbard Jan 21 Lynne C Rajkowski, Hedges Mar 12 Douglas A Warford Apr 16 Thomas P O’Shea May 30 Ronald J Wilkes, Kilmer Jul 23 Paul H Gustke Sep 10 Wayne Patrick Simpson, ROTC Jan 21 Norma Schaffer Mar 13 Elizabeth A Gunn Apr 16 Elaine E Kietzer May 30 David F Benegas Jul 23 Ruth N O’Neal, Kelvyn Park Sep 10 Moses Ross, Graham Jan 21 Ramonita Soto, Nobel Mar 13 Harriet S Schab Apr 17 Mildred Frank May 30 Thomas W Baker, Gage Park Jul 24 Catherine L Kastil, Lawndale Sep 10 Rochelle Goldman Jan 23 Josephine M King Mar 14 Teresa M Madeyski, Edwards Apr 17 Elaine L Prag May 31 Richard C Griffin, Hyde Park Jul 24 Frankie White Sep 12 Aurelia Spann, Henderson Jan 23 Lenard C Geraci, CB York Mar 14 Martha J Pirtle, Dpty Supt Bus Apr 17 Shereline Harrison, Bontemps May 31 Francine S Frano Jul 24 Ralph B Graham, Emmett Till Sep 12 Irina V Vyazovsky, Taft Jan 23 Carolyn Anne Hathorne, Penn Mar 14 Dorothy L Blakely Apr 18 Susan C Kuncius, Eberhart Jun 1 John Dale Thompson, Simpson Jul 24 Joseph Salerno, Prescott Sep 13 Moses Jones Jan 24 Mary J Wolf, Hibbard Mar 15 Robert Weitzel Apr 18 Michael P Rosenblum, Albany Park Jun 1 Beverly Marie Gregor, Kelly Jul 25 Pauline Pirok Sep 13 William H Zuehlke Jan 25 Dorothy K Buchman Mar 15 Leo J Cieminski Apr 18 Floyd V Harris, Lawndale Jun 1 David G Barker, C-W Educ Gen Jul 25 Earl C Gibson, C-W Educ Gen Sep 15 Mary J Tulloch Jan 25 Nadine Gutter, Gage Park Mar 15 Constance McKay Apr 19 Cleo H Smith Jun 3 Richard B Wynne, C-W Spec Svcs Jul 27 Alvin Serota Sep 15 Clothilde A Bennett, Alex Haley Jan 26 Arsene O Boykin Mar 15 Joseph Gorski Apr 20 Christine Lund, Monroe Jun 3 Terry Nunn, C-W Educ Gen Jul 27 Maurice M McNeil Sep 16 Richard Berggren, Talcott Jan 26 William T Seabolt Mar 15 Carolyn M Daly, Sub Teacher Postal Apr 20 Dolores Perez, Jordan School Jun 3 Gordon V Shute Jul 28 Shirley Jean McKnight, Harlan Sep 16 Patricia Picciola Jan 27 Phyllis C Grossmann Mar 15 David S Krumwiede, Gage Park Apr 20 Elaine T Janis Jun 3 Katherine Smith, Penn Jul 28 Barbara P Gaston Sep 16 Martha A Pogue-Bennett Jan 27 Lois W Ford Mar 16 Margaret Upshire, Sub Teacher Postal Apr 20 Lucille Thompson Jun 3 Nancy Thomas-Donaldson, Clark Jul 28 Elizabeth Ladouceur Sep 17 Henrietta S Wall Jan 27 Janice R Washington-Johnson Mar 16 Donald R Martin Apr 21 June R Stratton Jun 3 Jean W Henry, Dpty Supt Bus Jul 28 Nunzio P Mugavero Sep 17 Annabelle R Thorpe Jan 27 Bertha Young, Orr Mar 16 Daniel J Coakley Apr 21 Elizabeth G Moffat Jun 4 Gloria M Gant Jul 29 Robert E Griefnow, Gary Sep 17 William Monteleone Jan 28 Mary E Robinson, Gillespie Mar 17 Richard S Bukowski, Young Apr 21 Eugene J Fahey Jun 4 Jessie Mae Dates, Mt Vernon Jul 30 Pearl R Tolbert, Southshore Sep 18 Jo-Anne Cairo, C-W Educ Gen Jan 28 Katharine Bornarth Mar 17 Mary Ann Ross Apr 21 Cheryl D. Terry, C-W Educ Gen Jun 4 James V Markowski Jul 31 Elizabeth C Shelton Sep 19 Marguerite Mcmahon Jan 29 Rositta B Norman, Rosenwld-Carroll Mar 17 Louise Marshall Apr 22 Phyllis F Armour Jun 4 William R Volkman, Sullivan Jul 31 Deborah Lois Arbor, Caldwell Sep 20 Barbara R Krueger, Hay Jan 29 Robert I Near, Herzl Mar 18 Ashina S A Shakari, Fuller Apr 22 Kathleen M Serapin Jun 4 Joan A Balark, C-W Spec Svcs Jul 31 Camille Clifford Sep 20 Walter J Wolenski Jan 30 Delores E Hardy, C-W Educ Gen Mar 18 Estella Bradley, Spencer Apr 22 Faye Noreen Hughes, Dunne Jun 5 Mary Ann Pollett, Montefiore Jul 31 Norma Lee Newberger Sep 20 Blanche M Manning Jan 30 Barbara R Walker, Oglesby Mar 19 John A Watts Apr 22 Joseph E Kwak, Christopher Jun 5 Lewanda W West, Southside Jul 31 Mary C Eugene Sep 20 John Howard Nash, Kelly H S Jan 30 Annie H Bedenfield Mar 19 Shirley Doerschner Apr 22 David A Kelly Jun 6 Norma Rodriguez, Area Ins Office Jul 31 Jack C Oberhart Sep 21 Esperanza T Calderon Jan 30 Bobby L Ricks, Sub Postal Srvc Mar 19 Rochelle E Butler, Thorp Apr 23 Gerald R Spero Jun 6 Rita M Caprini Aug 1 William B Thiel Sep 21 Donald L Wengelewski Jan 31 Thomas M Kilmartin Mar 19 Jacqueline S Johnston, Neil Apr 23 Velma P Chapman Jun 6 Martha G Jennings Aug 1 Shirley E Willens, Sub Teacher Postal Sep 22 Mary Jo O’Connor Feb 2 Fred Ruben Mar 19 Stella G Taylor Apr 23 Charlean Dixon Jun 6 Leticia B Freihaut, Armstrong Aug 1 Samuel C Potts, Lincoln Park Sep 22 Elizabeth A Porter, C-W Spec Svcs Feb 2 Roberta A Dandurand, Young Mar 19 Laura Daniels Apr 23 Diane F Plotkin Jun 7 Elizabeth A Wilson, Williams Aug 2 Margarita Maldonado, Yates Sep 22 Ruth F Manning Feb 2 Bertha D West Mar 20 Minnie R Barfield Apr 23 Charlotte R Hanley Jun 7 Zoila Garcia, C-W Educ Gen Aug 2 Thomas N Boege Sep 22 John L Quane, Fed Fund Title Pr Feb 3 Albert Moch Mar 20 Joseph L Labelle, Sub Postal Srvc Apr 24 Dolores A Whelan Jun 10 Frank Lee Dent, C-W Educ Gen Aug 3 Dorothy M Dierickx Sep 22 Dorothy Esters Feb 4 Mamie R Manuel, Dumas Mar 21 Helen Hermansen Apr 24 Dominic Simonetta Jun 10 Barbara Martin Aug 3 Marilyn S Weiss, Schurz Sep 23 Raymond S Venezio Feb 5 Mary A Mannebach Mar 22 Michael A Cohen, Sub Postal Srvc Apr 24 Antoinette Contos, Fenger Jun 11 Alan Bailey, Hope Aug 4 Melba T Lewis Sep 23 Thelma C Hogg Feb 5 Jesse J Lucious, Dpty Supt Bus Mar 22 Joseph F Santelli Apr 24 Carmen Forster, C-W Educ Gen Jun 11 Beverly M Rubin Aug 4 Sybil E Becker Sep 24 Barbara J Ward, Faraday Feb 5 Sonja Herron Mar 23 Carol L Schechter Apr 24 Evelyn C Pevtzow Jun 11 Anne V Harmon Aug 4 Norma L Geraci Sep 24 John H Taylor Feb 6 Karen K Reamon, Juarez Mar 24 Laverne D White Apr 24 Kay Takagishi Jun 13 Barbara K Hogsette, Kershaw Aug 4 Charles E Sims, Kennedy Sep 25 Minaflor Jaskowiak-Reniva, Delano Feb 6 Helen Goon Moy, Haines Mar 25 Linda B Shaw-Pullum, Bogan Apr 25 Hector Ortiz, Mireles Jun 13 Miguel A Reyes, Hayt Aug 4 John H Roberts Sep 25 Howard Felder Feb 6 Benjamin F White, Henson Mar 25 Adrienne G Shaw, C-W Educ Gen Apr 25 Frances B Skalski Jun 15 Virginia L Burns, Prescott Aug 5 Arnold L Grizzard Sep 27 Barbara R Mackey, Sub Postal Srvc Feb 7 Thelma Y Merchant Mar 25 Frank E Grobner Apr 25 Sharon M Moody, Brown Jun 15 Steve Howard Jones, Garvy Aug 6 Morton Elenbogen Sep 27 William B Boros Feb 7 Florence L Burak Mar 25 Monica Hartley Apr 26 Arnold J Drobny, Schurz Jun 15 Charlene Irene Clark, Fulton Aug 6 Estherlene S Holmes Sep 28 Sheila H Leibfried Feb 7 Jean C Bergeron Mar 25 Barbara Ina Lippman, Clinton Apr 26 Evelyn G Krupnick Jun 16 Rose Gilbert Aug 7 Martin D Gabriel Sep 29 Ann M Higgenbothan, Morton Feb 8 Catherine J West Mar 25 Barbara A Ruttenberg, Solomon Apr 28 George R O’Connor Jun 16 Mary C Rohan Aug 7 Dean Chris Savoy, Lane Tech Feb 8 Luigia A Miller, Bateman Mar 26 Irene Ellens, C-W Spec Svcs Sup Apr 28 Ethel Buckman, Agassiz Jun 17 Diane J Pawelek, Dpty Supt Bus Aug 8 Phyllis C Boyd

6  October–November 2020 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher Want to take the journey to National Board Certification? The Quest Center can help

BY LYNN CHERKASKY-DAVIS Photo: Sarah-Ji ational Board Certification (NBC) candidates begin the journey towards Board-certification at many dif- Nferent points in their careers, ranging from teachers, counselors, and librarians who are starting their fourth year of teaching to veteran teachers in their 25th year or more. Through the Quest Center’s Nurturing Teacher Leader- ship (NTL) program, the FREE CTU/CPS NBC profession- al development and candidate support program, National Board candidates engage in stimulating, rewarding profes- sional development weekly with other candidates and NTL National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) mentors. They work collaboratively in certificate-alike groups to meet the We need COVID testing, rigorous standards of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). The Quest Center directs and manages all NBC initiatives and processes and provides all professional development and not standardized testing candidate support for CPS teachers in their pursuit of Nation- al Board Certification, the highest credential a teacher can achieve. Nurturing Teacher Leadership is proud to boast a 94 percent NBC achievement rate, twice the national average. The twisted priorities of the mayor and CPS On this two-year journey, candidates identify and de- scribe in depth what they know about students as individ- are profoundly troubling during this crisis uals and identify and analyze the impact they, as teachers, librarians or counselors, have on all students as learners. NTL NBC candidates who have achieved certification and those presently going through the process say it is the most BY CAROL CAREF AND AARON BINGEA NWEA for high-stakes evaluations, through the valuable and transformative professional development they racist SQRP rating system, which labels entire have ever received—no other professional activity has taught hile CPS administered the SAT to stu- school communities as either successes or failures. them as much about their practice and its impact on students. dents in September — and recruited ed- NWEA test scores account for 60 percent of ele- The process is grounded in one’s teaching practice, is Wucators as proctors for it — the district mentary schools’ SQRP rating. job-embedded, and translates into improved student learn- was mum about the one test that really matters Like other standardized tests, the NWEA is par- ing. A decade of research shows Board-certified teachers during the pandemic. Before returning to in-per- ticularly inappropriate for English learners and stu- make a significant and measurable impact in their schools: son school, we need testing to determine who has dents with disabilities. Further, the heavy emphasis • Students learn more. Students of Board-certi- COVID-19 and has to quarantine. What we don’t on NWEA test scores narrows the curriculum of fied teachers learn more than their peers without need are the SAT, PSAT, and NWEA. many schools, as the test measures only English and Board-certified teachers. Studies also have found the CPS is making sure that all high school juniors mathematics. CPS has decided not to recalculate positive impact of a Board-certified teacher is even and seniors can take the SAT and PSAT, which is SQRP scores this school year and will use last year’s greater for minority and low-income students. unnecessary since two thirds of colleges and uni- rating instead. But the district intends to continue • Teachers improve their practice. Board Certification versities currently do not require the exams for ad- administering standardized tests this year. enables teachers to hone their practice, showcase their mission. For the small number of students who do The average U.S. student takes 112 standardized talent in the classroom and demonstrate their dedica- need to take it, CPS should provide a small group tests between Kindergarten and 12th grade, accord- tion to their students and their profession. setting with adequate PPE and ventilation to keep ing to Fairtest.org, while the average CPS student • Teachers demonstrate a commitment to excellence. students and educators safe. takes up to 159 tests. Compare that to Finland, known Schools with NBC teachers are characterized by better The purpose of the exam, and others like it, is for its outstanding schools, where students take one teacher morale and retention and increased commu- to determine what one student knows compared standardized test at the end of senior year, period. nity involvement. to what other students know. Questions that most English learners and students with disabilities take Achieving NBC status provides increased opportuni- students know the answer to are not asked, so the even more, missing crucial instructional time. During the pandemic, teachers have gone out of ties for teacher leadership in Chicago, such as mentoring, test does not measure how much students have Consulting Teacher roles, and Framework Specialist roles, their way to develop creative, engaging, thought-pro- learned in school. It essentially measures students’ among others. And CPS NBC teachers receive a yearly pen- voking online lessons. Instead of testing, CPS should socio-economic background. sionable stipend of $2,295. put its resources into supporting these teachers, The test is designed to correlate to family wealth, Further benefits of becoming an NBCT include: during remote or in-person school, with trainings, which centuries of systemic racism have denied to Advancement on the salary scale. money for materials, and a culture of collegiality. • Black, Indigenous, and, more recently, Latinx and Fulfilling all ISBE re-licensure PD hour requirements. Our students and their educators are facing un- • other immigrant families. CPS should refuse to give • Full scholarship to cover all NBC fees. precedented times. We are teaching in new ways, • Optional Master’s Degree and/or graduate and CPS this test or at least fight against the state mandate. supporting students and their families with resourc- Lane Placement salary credits. And there are other tests that could be on the es, providing emotional support, and troubleshoot- • Attainment of the ISBE National Board Master Cer- horizon for students this year. At press time, we were ing tech issues for families. Our students’ lives have tificate exempting NBCTs from half the required re-li- still awaiting word from CPS about whether it would been upended, as well. They are losing loved ones to censure PD hours. administer the elementary school test, NWEA. This the virus, working to help provide for their family, We invite CPS teachers, librarians, and school counselors high-stakes exam is problematic, as well. and caring for siblings while their parents work. who will have completed three or more years of experience In mid-February, the CPS internal inspector Let’s not add test anxiety to their already stress- in their certificate area by June 2021, to take the NBC chal- general released a report detailing “concerning ful lives. Instead of focusing on students’ deficits, lenge and join the 2020-2023 cohort. You can become a levels” of “gaming and cheating techniques” on the let’s celebrate what our students bring to the class- better teacher, receive an annual, pensionable stipend, and NWEA test in elementary schools. Students were room, especially during these trying times, and meet join the ranks of 2,200 CPS NBCTs. taking up to five times the recommended testing them with culturally relevant curriculum and ped- time, sometimes spending days or a week to com- agogy. Now is the time for kindness and support. For more information about the two-year process and eligibility plete it. Often, they were coached to skip questions for certification, contact Lynn [email protected] or in order to generate easier ones. Carol Caref is an Education Policy Analyst with the CTU. visit www.CTUF.org/NTL. This came about because the district uses Aaron Bingea is chair of the CTU Testing Committee.

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ October–November 2020  7 Christel Williams-Hayes speaks during an early morning action highlighting the safety concerns of clerks, tech coordinators and other staff who are being forced into unsafe school buildings even though an independent arbitrator ruled they should be allowed to work remotely. (Photo: Chris Geovanis)

Taking matters into our own hands As safety concerns mount, CTU joins national Day of Action

BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS keep students, their families and educa- tors safe. s the city moved to a wider re- “As states across the nation push for opening of businesses in Sep- school districts, sporting events, bars, Atember, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s and restaurants to reopen, our educa- hand-picked school board was refusing tion community continues to suffer from to bargain with the Union over serious COVID-19 and the inequities that it has safety concerns for school clerks, tech- laid bare,” CTU Vice President Stacy Da- nology coordinators and other frontline vis-Gates said. “Black, Brown and vul- workers who are being forced back to nerable families continue to be harmed work in school buildings. by COVID-19, under-resourced public Sabrina Woods Tennille Evans Lucille Thompson So, those staff members took matters schools, and the lack of access to broad- into their own hands Sept. 30 by dis- band internet and tools necessary for re- Union’s demands — like those of the Na- • Moratorium on new charter or voucher tributing PPE to clerks and other school mote and hybrid learning.” tional Demand Safe Schools coalition — programs. employees in the early morning hours The day of action took on a sense of extend beyond our school buildings to the • Massive infusion of federal money to outside Collins High School in North urgency as CPS continued to refuse to communities in which we teach and live. support the reopening funded by taxing Lawndale, a community that has been work collaboratively with CTU to reme- Those demands include: the billionaires and Wall Street. ravaged by COVID-19. dy its substandard safety policies and re- • No in-person schooling until the scien- CPS forced school clerks, technolo- ported 258 COVID-19 infections among National Day of Action tific and public-health data supports it. gy coordinators and others back into staff and vendors through the first week • Police-free schools. schools starting on Aug. 26, even though The CTU event coincided with a of school. The district’s stance is in defi- • All schools must be supported to func- ISBE said work that can be done remote- National Day of Action organized by ance of guidance from the Illinois State tion as community schools with adequate ly should be done remotely. While clerks a growing coalition of teacher unions, Board of Education that says school dis- numbers of counselors and nurses. and others worked at home effectively community organizations, parent groups tricts should bargain with their educators • Safe conditions including lower class for months, they filed hundreds of safety and national networks across the coun- on the terms of working and learning sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other concerns with the Union following their try demanding safe schools. Like CTU, during the pandemic. key protocols. return to in-person work. Complaints throughout the day, education justice Equitable access to online learning. ranged from CPS’ failure to provide suf- Our demands • advocates from 15 cities in 10 states con- • Support for our communities and fam- ficient masks and non-enforcement of ducted car caravans, press events, and The CTU wants the Mayor to put re- ilies, including a moratorium on evictions mask-wearing and social distancing to virtual rallies to demand safe schools, sources and protocols in place to protect and foreclosures, direct cash assistance to dirty workplaces that are not being dis- free from COVID-19, excessive police educators and students before rushing those unable to work, and other critical infected or lack adequate—or any—ven- presence, and rich with resources to to restart in-person education. But our social needs. tilation.

8  October–November 2020 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher