After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in deep debate with Chicago Public Schools officials, the strike has ended. Union delegates voted Tuesday to suspend the nine-day strike, sending 26,000 teachers and 350,000 children back to school Wednesday.
“I have 34 little ones that I can’t wait to see tomorrow,” said Alicia Schoenbeck, a union delegate and teacher at Mitchell Elementary School, after voting to suspend the strike Tuesday.
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