Just In: Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, announced the district is in the process of expanding paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents.
“With the creation of this policy, teachers and school leaders can not only show up for students, but for their own families during a very critical time in their lives,” Johnson said during a City Hall press conference Thursday afternoon. “An investment in our families is an investment in the vitality of all of our communities.”
“The reality is we lose teachers when they start having children, and that creates other challenges for us,” he said. “I think we’re going to be in a better position to recruit teachers. By having this benefit that is really a leader, not only here in the state, but in the country, I think it’s going to send a message to teachers.”
“I had to use all of my sick days … and God forbid if my child ever got sick,” she said. “I had to compete with what felt like the whole city to get doctor’s appointments and time that wasn’t in conflict with work.”
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