Chicago Public Schools will end its face mask mandate next week, but CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is encouraging masks at schools with low vaccination rates
"We teachers are going to have ours on because we are concerned about at this school and all CPS schools," 3rd grade teacher Moselean Parker said.
Overall, 49% of age eligible CPS students are fully vaccinated. But that number is driven up by schools, many on the North Side, with high rates. Northside College Prep being the highest at 89%, and the lowest is Penn Elementary on the West Side at 5%. Teachers at McKay say CPS lacked a plan to educate parents about the vaccine, leaving the job to them.
Vaccination rates remain low in several South and West side schools. Over a third of schools have fewer than 25% of their students fully vaccinated, and only 10% of schools have 70% of their students fully vaccinated.Bare-faced Chicago Public Schools students sent home as district moves toward mask-optional policy
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