CPS prepare for first day of school amidst heatwave

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MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY WITH DETAILS. JUDY. >> GOOD MORNING. AND THIS WEATHER IS AN IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE FACING RIGHT OFF THE BAT. A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE MODERN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AS STUDENTS ARRIVED FOR THEIR FIRST DAY. CPS IS TRYING TO REASSURE THEIR PARENTS HAS A PLAN IN PLACE TO KEEP STUDENTS COOL AND COMFORTABLE DURING THIS EXTREME HEAT. THIS LETTER WENT OUT TO PARENTS AT CES CLASSROOMS HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, BUT PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE IN THE EVENT OF A MALFUNCTION, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR MOVED INDOORS RECESS. AND JIM WILL TAKE PLACE INSIDE TODAY. AND TOMORROW ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ADVISE PARENTS TO SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH WATER BOTTLES. CPS ALSO SAYS STAFF FROM HEADQUARTERS WILL BE IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE KIDS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. >> 300,000 STUDENTS ARE RETURNING AND COULD SEE SOME CHANGES THIS SCHOOL YEAR NOVEMBER. CHICAGO'S WILL ELECT SCHOOL MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE BOARD WILL BE ELECTED. HALF REPORTED BY THE MAYOR. A FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN FOR SCHOOLS. CHIEF PEDRO MARTINEZ, HE AND THE MAYOR DISAGREE OVER WAYS TO FILL A MASSIVE BUDGET HOLE AND THE TEACHERS UNION IS NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT AND HE'S NOT RULING OUT A STRIKE. DESPITE ALL OF THAT, PARENTS TOLD US THAT THEY ARE HOPEFUL. >> BUT I THINK THE KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE THEY'RE HAPPY. THEY GOT WHAT THEY NEED YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE KID COMPLAIN ABOUT STARTING SCHOOL, WHICH IS >> KIND OF ODD. BUT, YOU KNOW, LET LET HIM GO. >> BRENDAN JOHNSON, THE MAYOR AND SCHOOLS, CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ ARE HERE. THEY WILL LAW JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM NOW. WELCOME THE STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS AND STAFF BACK TO SCHOOL HERE AT CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WILL RING THE CEREMONIAL BELL. AND THEN AFTER ARE GOING TO HEAD OVER TO A SCHOOL IN

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