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Chicago Teachers Union to sue over class sizes
- 06-08-2010
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By Rosalind Rossi/Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Teachers Union officials vowed to file suit today, charging that plans to raise city class sizes to 35 are unsafe and violate the municipal code. "You're looking at a very dangerous situation,'' CTU President Marilyn Stewart said at a news conference Monday. "We're asking the Board [of Education] to prove that you can do this without violating the law.'' The suit -- which may be the first of its kind -- will hinge on a municipal code requirement that classrooms contain 20 square feet of floor space per person. (more...)
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