CPS CEO Blames Staffing Shortage for Test Delays
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Saliva and swabs: COVID testing in schools, and what's behind testing delays at CPS.
Who would have imagined that students and their parents would be upset about not ENOUGH testing in schools? But that's the case in Chicago. The district's been slow to roll out COVID testing. New Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez says by the end of last week -- testing had made it to all but a dozen CPS schools. But last week, less than 4% of students had consented to participate.
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CPS CEO Blames Staffing Shortage for Test Delays
Clip: 10/6/2021 | 6m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
Who would have imagined that students and their parents would be upset about not ENOUGH testing in schools? But that's the case in Chicago. The district's been slow to roll out COVID testing. New Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez says by the end of last week -- testing had made it to all but a dozen CPS schools. But last week, less than 4% of students had consented to participate.
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