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Today Chicago school children will spend their seventh day out of their classes, as the second week of teachers' strike is going on. Chicago Teachers Union members are to convene again on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a proposed settlement. Now they are about to weigh tentative proposal from school officials to stop their walkout and come back to classes. On Monday, school officials went to court and asked a judge to declare the teacher's strike to be illegal, arguing that the walkout violates Illinois labor laws. According the words of the district, "State law expressly prohibits the CTU from striking over non-economic issues, such as layoff and recall policies, teacher evaluations, class sizes and the length of the school day and year." The hearing of the case will happen on Wednesday. It was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. In this way the officials intend to return teachers back to work. During these school days parents as well as city officials have been trying their best to keep more than 350,000 children busy and away from any possible troubles. There have been no classes in the schools of Chicago since September 7. For that purpose there are about 147 "Children First" opened around the city by the school officials. As well as there are some programs run by the city's park department and neighborhood organizations. Parents are really disappointed with the situation, they want their children to be at school and continue their education. But at the same time some of them support teachers understanding that this fight for middle class just has to be waged.
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