Ok, wrong Sara Ellis...
Posted on 09/07/2022 3:08:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two long-running lawsuits stemming from the layoffs of hundreds of Black educators at underperforming schools, officials said Wednesday.
Those eligible to receive payments under the settlement have until Friday to submit claims, attorneys for the teachers union said.
Eligible to receive payments are all Black persons employed as teachers or para-professionals in any school or attendance center subjected to a “turnaround” policy that targeted schools that had been put on probation due to substandard test scores and attendance from 2012 to 2014, attorneys said.
The settlement reached in December was approved Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, attorneys said .
About $5.25 million of the settlement will be distributed among 413 current and former union members under the terms of the deal. Attorneys sought about $3.6 million in fees and $400,000 in court costs.
The federal lawsuits stemmed from several rounds of layoffs at 18 schools under the “turnaround” policy. The affected employees worked at schools on Chicago’s South or West sides and many were in Black communities. An disproportionate number of Black educators lost their jobs, and while the teachers were directed to apply for new jobs at CPS, not all were re-hired.
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Gettin paid to underperform...SWEEEET !!
Ok, wrong Sara Ellis...
I could do that and Im not even black. Where do I apply?
Democrat City v. Democrat Teacher Union raping Chicago Parents, Children, and Taxpayers.
Complete bull crap. Every teacher should be vulnerable to losing their job. 99.5% of teachers should never be near children. They have decades of experience in failing to educate. There should be across the board pay decrease for every teacher. The logic is sound. They belong to unions and they get across the board pay increases. The opposite should be true as well. Based on aggregate abysmal teacher performance, every teacher deserves a massive pay cut.
Is is legal to discriminate against while teachers who were fired?
If the welfare state fatherless children refuse to learn then maybe it is the Great Society that should be fired.
$9.25M awarded but just over $5M to be distributed … where does the rest go?
Besides, Chicago is run by Demoncrats. If they think a predominantly black school is bad, then it must be truly horrible.
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