PUSHBACK.

THAT PLAN.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON HOW CHICAGO POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

>> THAT WILL BE THE CITY'S 27 TIME HOSTING A NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION.

IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE EVENT, AND PREPARATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO ARE UNDERWAY.

WTW NEWS EXPLAINS THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL CONVENTIONS IN CHICAGO.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

BLACK WOMEN ARE DYING FROM CANCER AT HIGHER RATES THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP.

A NEW 30 YEAR STUDY IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE.

WHY THE LANDMARK STUDY BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AIMS TO ENROLL MORE THAN 100,000 BLACK WOMEN ACROSS 20 STATES, INCLUDING ILLINOIS, MAKING IT THE LARGEST STUDY OF ITS KIND EVER CONDUCTED IN THE U.S. BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE CANCER FREE AND BETWEEN THE AGE OF 25 55 ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL.

ORGANIZERS SAY THE STUDY WILL ALLOW THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT FACTORS LIKE MEDICAL HISTORIES, LIFESTYLE AND EXPERIENCES OF THEIR RACISM AFFECT THE RISK OF DEVELOPING OR DYING FROM CANCER.

TRAVELERS.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS, ILLINOIS OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR REAL ID BEFORE THE FEDERAL DEADLINE.

RESIDENTS HAVE UNTIL MAY 7TH 2025.

THAT'S A YEAR FROM TODAY TO GET THE REAL ID COMPLIANT, DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE ID CARD.

AFTER THIS DATE, YOU'LL NEED A REAL ID OR A VALID PASSPORT TO BOARD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT OR TO ENTER SECURE FEDERAL FACILITIES LIKE COURTHOUSES WERE MILITARY BASES.

THE ID LOOKS LIKE A STANDARD DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE ID CARD.

BUT WITH A GOLD STAR IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, THE ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IS URGING RESIDENTS TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE DOCUMENTS THEY NEED BEFORE HEADING TO THE DMV.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WHAT THOSE LINES CAN BE LIKE FOR ARROW IS OPENING ITS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CHOCOLATE PROCESSING PLANT IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER WAS ON HAND FOR TODAY'S GRAND OPENING.

THE CHOCOLATE GIANT ADDED 70,000 SQUARE FEET TO ITS EXISTING MANUFACTURING CAMPUS.

THE PLANT WILL PRODUCE CHOCOLATE USED AN ICONIC PRODUCTS LIKE FOR I CAN SEE THAT NEEDED TO.

BUT A FRIEND OR AND CRUNCH.

UP NEXT, ONE ON ONE WITH THE LEADER OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> CHICAGO IS CHANGING THE WAY ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED INSTEAD OF BASING FUNDING ON THE LEVEL OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS IT HAS DONE FOR THE PAST DECADE, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS IT WILL NOW TAKE A NEEDS BASED APPROACH.

THAT MEANS EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GUARANTEED STAFF, BUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF NEED.

BUT SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT AND MAGNET SCHOOLS THAT ARE SET TO LOSE RESOURCES ARE PUSHING BACK WITH AT LEAST 4 SCHOOLS REPORTEDLY VOTING TO REJECT THEIR CURRENT BUDGET.

JOINING US NOW TO UNPACK THE CHANGES IS PEDRO MARTINEZ, CEO OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR AN SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CHANGE.

GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLANATION, IF YOU WOULD, BECAUSE MANY FOLKS ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH HOW DISTRICT SCHOOLS ARE EVEN FUNDED.

WHY IS THE SHIFT NECESSARY?

YES, SO WE'VE BEEN USING WHAT WHAT IS CALLED A STUDENT-BASED BUDGETING MODEL, WHICH IS BASICALLY TAKING ENROLLMENT AND PRO, YOU KNOW, A FORMULA.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOL ACTS MIGHT GET 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF THEIR LARGE HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MY GET 8 MILLION DOLLARS.

>> AND TRY TO AUGMENT THE 4 MEN TO MAKE IT MORE NEED SPACE.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT.

I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THIS SCHOOL IS FROM THAT IS CERTAINLY VERSUS ANOTHER SCHOOL.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY AND A LOT.

AND THINK A LOT OF INEQUITIES AS WELL AS VARIANCES ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.

>> IS IS THIS SHIFT IS SORT OF A SORT OF MIRROR THE STATE'S CURRENT EVIDENCE-BASED FUNDING MODEL WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED BACK 2017 FROM YEARS AGO.

THAT SIMILAR.

IT DEFINITELY HAS THE SAME OBJECTIVE.

SO THE OBJECTIVE MEAN THAT EVERY SCHOOL NOW RECEIVE A FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL RESOURCES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT?

WHAT'S COOL, IT IS.

AND THAT A GUARANTEED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TEACHING POSITIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR DISTRICT.

EVERY SCHOOL HAVE AT LEAST 3 WEEK, A HOLISTIC POSITIONS, WHICH IS BASICALLY FOR PARENTS.

IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY A TEACHER THAT PROVIDE ENRICHMENT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTS JIM AND PE AND THEN A 3RD TEACHER THAT CAN PROVIDE WORLD LANGUAGES.

COULD BE STAM OR WHATEVER ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM TO BOTH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ELYSEE AGREE TO.

>> PRIOR TO THIS BRAND IS OUR SCHOOL DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE ARTS.

WHEN I ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO, VERY FEW OF ALL MEN SCHOOLS ARE TEACHERS.

WE STARTED DOING THAT, BUT WE WASN'T ENOUGH.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 6 ELECT US.

THEY HAVE 6 ENRICHMENT COURSES.

AND SO WE ARE SEEING SOME, YOU KNOW, SO THIS MODEL.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE DID SEE SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS AND HAVE A LOT OF RICH PROGRAM, WHICH, BY THE WAY, NONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS PROGRAMMING.

THEIR BUDGETS ARE TIGHTER.

THE BUDGET TIGHTER.

AND YOU SAID THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU FOR SCHOOLS WITH THE ELYSEES, YOU KNOW, RESPECT LEE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR BUDGETS ARE TIGHTER, I CAN GUARANTEE THE PROGRAMMING HASN'T BEEN REDUCED.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS AND NEVER HAD EVEN A MINIMAL LEVEL PROGRAM.

ME THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME CAN PROVIDE OUT ON THE ART ONLY PEOPLE.

ANOTHER AND AND FOR US, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE EVIDENCE, BASE FUNDING IT'S IT'S A PHASED IN APPROACH, RIGHT?

CAN'T DEPOSIT.

WHAT WAS IT?

4 BILLION DOLLARS ALL AT ONCE.

SO THE STATE IS TAKING SEVERAL YEARS TO PHASE THAT IN.

>> WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SORT OF A PHASE AND PROCESS HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR CPS.

DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ONE MAJOR SHIFT?

WELL, HERE'S HIS ACCOUNT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WE NOW AT THE HEART OF IT WERE UNDERFUNDED.

>> BY THE STATE'S OWN FORMULA AS WE BY A BILLION DOLLARS WITH A B IN ADDITION, WONDER FROM THE FOR PENSIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING FOR CAPITAL SO WITHOUT A FULLY FUNDED DISTRICT.

SO THEREFORE, WE DO FULLY FUNDED SCHOOLS IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE.

AND THIS IS MY COMMITMENT TO FAMILIES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE AND THEY WERE PROTECTING TEACHERS.

WE HAD OVER 2000 TEACHERS SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED AND WE HAVE LESS CHILDREN TO THE EVEN THOUGH IT'S STABILIZED.

WE'RE PROTECTING ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS.

ONE PROBABLY BEEN IS WHAT I WAS SEEING WITH THE CURRENT WITH THE CURRENT BUDGETING PROCESS IS THAT OUR 10 YEAR TEACHERS, FRANKLY, WERE, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES OUR SCHOOLS ARE, YOU KNOW, ASKING WHAT CAN I FOR THIS TEACHERS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HIRE THE BEST TEACHER?

SOMETIMES THEY WERE SAYING, WELL, I CAN FOR AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER AND TIRED EXPENSE TEACHER.

WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CONSEQUENCES ON THE ACADEMICS OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND THIS PROCESS.

ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE PROTECTED PRINCIPALS DON'T HAVE TO THINK THAT WAY WITH THE CAN THINK ABOUT.

WAS THE BEST TEACHER, ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT I CAN OFFER TO CHILDREN.

AND OF COURSE, CAN ATTRACT MORE CHILDREN, I'LL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT MY CHILDREN THAT ARE BELOW GRADE LEVEL WILL BE INTERVENTION.

TEACHERS WILL BE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT AND MAGNET SCHOOLS.

LIKE I SAID, THE POINT NOT DECLINING.

BUDGETS ARE TIGHTER, THOUGH.

AND WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS WILL DO FUNDRAISING TO OFFSET THAT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE TO THAT POINT, SPOKE WITH THE LSE CHEERLESS OUTLINE WHICH ACADEMY HE SAYS THE SCHOOL IS LOSING 7 POSITIONS.

>> OUT OF THE STAFF OF AROUND 28 TO 30.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IS IT ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE STAFF THERE?

SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY TIGHT FOR THEM.

DO YOU ARE DO YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A SENSE YET OF HOW MUCH SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS CAN EXPECT TO BE LOSING?

>> SO SO, YOU KNOW, ANY INCLUDING OUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE FIRST OF ALL THE NOT WHAT THE VAST MAJORITY SCHOOLS AND NOT LOSING TEACHERS OF ANYTHING.

THEY'RE GAINING TEACHERS.

NOW, IN SOME CASES THERE MIGHT BE OTHER TYPE OF STAFFING THEY MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST IN WHAT IN TO BE CLEAR IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, WE WOULD JUST GIVE A SCHOOL LIKE US OUT AMOUNT SO THEY MIGHT GET 5 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH IT AND THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

NOW THEY HAVE SET TEACHING POSITIONS PLUS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADD MORE 2 KEY POSITIONS AND CASE.

THEY DECIDED TO ADD MORE TEACHING POSITIONS WITH THEIR FUNDING AND WHICH, AGAIN, IS TO KEEP THE PROGRAM.

IT'S MADE THEIR BUDGET TIGHT.

IT HAS MEANS THAT THEIR CLASSES HAVE TO BE MORE REASONABLE IN FOR US.

REASONABLE MEANS.

26 STUDENTS ON AVERAGE PER CLASSROOM.

BY THE CONTRACTS ARE CLOSER TO 28 TO 31.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BUT IT'S LITTLE YOU CONTRACT, COURSE, CTU CONTRACT, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL COME BACK IN JUST A MINUTE OTHER LARGE URBAN SIMILAR DISTRICTS TO CPS THAT OPERATE WITH A MODEL SIMILAR TO THIS.

AND WHAT EXPERIENCE CAN BE TAKEN FROM THAT.

SO VERY FEW DISTRICTS ACTUALLY USED BASE BUDGETING BECAUSE OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND SO WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT WAS DOING AND ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOSING ENROLLMENT WAS HAVING SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HIGHEST POVERTY AREAS.

>> AND SOME MORE SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.

BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE EVEN DOING GOING BEYOND WHICH IS WE.

WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO MEET.

MEANS HE'S SO AND MANY DISTRICTS.

WE DON'T YOU KNOW SOMETHING.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES SO THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE INTERVENTION TEACHERS.

THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ACADEMIC COACHES IN THE HIGHEST COVERED AREAS.

YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT FUNDING.

WE ARE DOING THAT.

IN ADDITION ARE SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT AND MAGNET SCHOOLS WHO HAVE RICH PROGRAMMING.

WE MAKING SURE THEY CAN KEEP THAT PROGRAM AGAIN.

I WILL SAY IS GOING JUST THAT.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.

WE'RE NOT A FULLY FROM THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT'S A CASE IT SPEAKING OF A TIGHT BUDGET, THE DISTRICT IS ALSO FACING THAT 391 MILLION DOLLARS FUNDING DEFICIT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THOSE FEDERAL COVID DOLLARS RUNNING OUT JUST ONE OF THE SEMESTER IS STARTING.

HOW FAR WILL THIS CHANGE GO TO HELP BRIDGE THAT FUNDING GAP?

SO AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT AS WE MAKE SURE, WE'VE SAID THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE FUNDING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE HAVING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE THOSE REDUCTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR VENDOR CONTRACTS WERE TRYING TO FIND EVERY EFFICIENCY THAT WE CAN.

I THINK WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT 300 MILLION DOLLARS LEFT.

THE FEDERAL FUNDING LEFT THAT WAS ON PURPOSE.

BY THE WAY, WE WE STRESS THAT THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING OVER 2 AND A HALF YEARS.

THAT MEANS NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR TO REALLY WORK WITH SPRINGFIELD BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT FULLY FUNDED.

AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT OUR LEADERS YOU KNOW, AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY DIDN'T CREATE THIS PROBLEM.

BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO PARTNER WITH US WITH MAYOR WHERE UNIONS REALLY TRY TO SOLVE BUT IT'S EXPECTED THAT BUDGET DEFICIT EXCUSE ME EXPECTED TO GROW TO 700 MILLION TONS RIGHT IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.

THE DISTRICT IS ALSO TAKING A BIT OF CRITICISM OVER TRANSPARENCY OF THESE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BUDGETS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY RELEASED TO THE PRESS AROUND.

NOW BEFORE EVER REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

>> IT WAS THE SUMMER BEFORE THEY CAME OUT.

VERY EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.

THERE WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE REST OF US WILL GET TO WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE WORKING WITH.

WENT ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS BUDGET PRICE BE A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.

WE, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN BEFORE THE BUDGET WILL NOT THE SCHOOLS WE SHARE WITH PRINCIPALS AND EVEN WITH THE PRICE.

>> WHAT THE FORMULAS WERE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SEE OK, BASED ON WALTER PAINS ENROLLMENT.

WHAT IS ACTUALLY HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE?

HOW MUCH LAX WILL FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE?

IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAS HIGHER NEEDS LIKE MY ALMA MATER, BONITA HIRES.

WHAT IS THEIR MOMENT?

HOW MANY TEACHERS WHERE THEY HAVE WILL BE THE STUDENT TEACHER RATIO?

SO THAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THEM OR MORE PUBLIC.

WHAT I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WILL BE ABLE SHOW EVERYBODY IS WHEN THE BUDGET OR DON WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW, FIRST OF PROTECTING OUR TEACHERS SCHOOLS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED THERE IS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT DATABASE TIME BASED ON THE POVERTY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN AND WILL BE WITH A SHOW SCHOOL BY SCHOOL.

IT IS.

BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT MODEL.

IT'S A YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND SO I JUST ASK THE PUBLIC POLICE CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT WITH US.

BUT NOW WHAT I'M HEARING OVERALL PANDAS FROM OUR SCHOOL LEADERS FROM THE MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES, INCLUDING TEACHERS, IS THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, MANY OF THE TO THE CONSULATE WORKER, INCLUDING AGAIN, OUR TEACHERS HAVING BE WORRIED IF THEY WERE 10 YEAR THEY WERE EXPERIENCE, THAT THEY MIGHT BE ACCEPTED AT A SCHOOL ARE, YOU KNOW, MANY SCHOOL THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING THAT THEY NEED.

IT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WITH THE SUPPORT IT.

>> JUST ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT CITIES ALSO SOME JUST NOW STARTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION WHOSE CONTRACT IS COMING TO AN END THIS SUMMER.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LAST CONTRACT.

THERE'S A LITTLE STRIKE THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THE CONTRACT WAS COMPLETED.

ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THE COST OF THAT CONTRACT IN THIS BUDGET?

>> SO BRANDS WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

WE DID AT LEAST HAVE AN INITIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WHERE WE SETTLED ON 4% RAISE AND IF THESE ARE LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES.

AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY BECOME INTIMATE $40,000 THEY WORK FULL-TIME.

I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRODUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR TEACHERS UNION.

WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PROTECTING OUR TEACHERS IN THIS BUDGET.

I THINK THE GOAL IS WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER SECURE MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO THIS SKATES IS COMMITTED TO THIS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.

>> ABOUT 30 SECONDS, HOW ARE YOU EXPECTING NEGOTIATIONS TO GO OR TO BE YOU WEREN'T AROUND FOR FOR THE LAST ONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED, BUT ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CTU AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION.

I HOPE THAT THE MUCH MORE CORDIAL BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES ARE NOW ENJOYING THE STABILITY WERE SEEN.

AMAZING RESULTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

>> SEEING RECORD GRADUATION RATES WERE THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY FOR READING RECOVERY.

AND SO THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE SEE INSTABILITY.

I KNOW THAT OUR MAYOR, I KNOW THERE ARE 2 UNION LEADER SEE THAT.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE CORDIAL.

BUT AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADVOCATE TOGETHER TO GET MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

PARENTS ARE HOPING FOR CORDIALITY IS WELL.

PEDRO MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> COURSE.

UP NEXT, CHICAGO'S HISTORY AS A CONVENTION CITY.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK WITH PROTESTS AND LAWSUITS OVER WHO CAN PROTEST WHERE WHEN AND WHERE DOMINATING THE HEADLINES.

BUT THIS, OF COURSE, ISN'T THE FIRST TIME CHICAGO HAS DEALT WITH THESE ISSUES.

AND EVEN IF HE HAS THE SCOOP ON THE CITY'S LONG HISTORY WITH NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

IN OUR LATEST EDITION W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> CHICAGO IS SET TO HOST THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS SUMMER.

AND THAT WILL BE THE CITY'S 27 TIME HOSTING A NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION.

IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE EVENT, PERHAPS BECAUSE CHICAGO CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE ROCKETS AND CONSEQUENTIAL IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

TAKE THE FOR CHICAGO CONVENTION IN 18, 60 REPUBLICANS CHOSE A YOUNG ILLINOIS LAWYER NAMED ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO BE THEIR STANDARD-BEARER.

EVEN THOUGH LINCOLN DIDN'T EVEN ATTEND THE CONVENTION ITSELF.

THAT WAS 1912, WHERE THE SCENE AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WAS SO TENSE.

EASTERN PART, WHY ARE SURROUNDING THE EVENT?

>> IT WAS PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT VERSUS A SUCCESSOR INCUMBENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

AND WHILE ROOSEVELT WON MOST OF THE PRIMARIES, PARTY LEADERS PICKED TAFT ANYWAY.

THE NEXT 8 ROOSEVELT SUPPORTERS STORMED THE NEW PROGRESSIVE PARTY.

>> AND 6 WEEKS LATER POSTED THEIR OWN CONVENTION IN THE SAME BUILDING, MEANING TEDDY, THEIR NOMINEE.

>> IN 1932, DURING THE DEPTHS OF THE DEPRESSION, CHICAGO HOSTED BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS.

REPUBLICANS NOMINATED HERBERT HOOVER FOR REELECTION.

WHILE THE DEMOCRATS CHOSE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WHO INTRODUCED A LANDMARK PROPOSAL FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

>> LOVE THE AMERICAN FATE.

>> THE 1952 CONVENTIONS WERE THE FIRST TO BE TELEVISED LIVE COAST TO COAST HELD IN CHICAGO AGAIN WITH DEMOCRATS NOMINATING ILLINOIS GOVERNOR AT THE STEPHENSON, EVEN THOUGH HE EXPLICITLY SAID HE DID NOT WANT THE JOB, HE WENT ON TO LOSE IN A LANDSLIDE.

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, DWIGHT EISENHOWER, LIKE FAST FORWARD TO INFAMOUS 1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DESCENDED INTO VIOLENCE CHICAGO.

POLICE IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDSMEN LAST THOUSANDS PROTESTERS GRANT PARK WITH MAYOR DALEY DEFENDING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WALKED AWAY HAVING NOMINATED HUBERT HUMPHREY AND THE PARTY DIVISIONS HIGHLIGHTED CHICAGO HELPED RICHARD NIXON BEAT HUMPHREY THAT CALL.

>> IT WAS 28 YEARS BEFORE CHICAGO GOT A RETURN ENGAGEMENT AND PERHAPS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING THAT HAPPENED IN 1996, WAS DELEGATES DANCING THE MACARENA AHEAD PRESIDENT BILL HIS RENOMINATION.

SO WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2024?

>> WE'LL SOON FIND OUT.

>> AND YOU CAN FIND MORE OF OUR AWARD-WINNING SERIES WTW NEWS EXPLAINS ON OUR WEBSITE.

CAMPUS PROTESTS OVER THE WAR IN GAZA ARE BECOMING MORE TENSE.

POLICE REMOVED A PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS MORNING AFTER CLASHES BROKE OUT BETWEEN OPPOSING GROUPS SUNDAY ON DEPOSE CAMPUS AND CHICAGO'S POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCY IS LOOKING INTO CHARGES.

OFFICERS USE EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE ART INSTITUTE.

ALL THIS AS THE CITY PLANS, A NEW MASS ARREST POLICY FOR PROTESTERS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THAT'S ABOUT 100 DAYS AWAY HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA, AND HEADER SHARON, HEY, GANG.

SO OKAY, RUNNING DOWN THE LIST OF THE MOST RECENT EVENTS ON LOCAL CAMPUSES.

BUCKLE UP THIS MORNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CAMPUS, POLICE TOOK DOWN THE PRO-PALESTINIAN BUT IN OTHER CASES, CHICAGO POLICE DID INTERVENE.

CHICAGO POLICE VERSUS UNIVERSITY POLICE LIKE AT DEPAUL ON SUNDAY WHEN PRO PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH PRO ISRAELI COUNTER PROTESTERS.

CPD ALSO RESPONDED TO PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE ART INSTITUTE THAT RESULTED IN NEARLY 70 ARRESTS ON SATURDAY.

MANY ARRESTED WERE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTES CPD IS NOW FACING ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY USED EXCESSIVE FORCE WITH THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE LOOKING AT BIT OF OF THAT SITUATION.

HEATHER, THERE WAS VIDEO, AS I SAID OF THIS CONFLICT WITH POLICE RELEASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHAT DOES THIS VIDEO SHOW?

WELL, THE VIDEO WHICH WAS TAKEN BY SOME TIMES REPORTER SHOWS OFFICERS INSTALLING A BARRICADE BETWEEN THE ENCAMPMENT AND MONROE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> AND IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, WE SEE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS REACH ACROSS THOSE BARRICADES TO STRIKE PROTESTERS WITH OPEN HANDS.

NOW THE CITY THE CITY'S USE OF FORCE POLICY PREVENTS OFFICERS FROM USING FORCE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY COULD DO OTHER THINGS LIKE TRY TO DE-ESCALATE OR ISSUE VERBAL WARNINGS.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS SPECIFIC VIDEO IS AT THE CENTER.

>> AT LEAST THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE CITY'S RULES WERE BROKEN.

AND THIS COMES AT A MINUTE AND A MOMENT WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON HOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE PREPARING TO SORT DEAL WITH WHAT IS SURE TO BE MASSIVE PROTESTS DESIGNED TO SEIZE THE SPOTLIGHT AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN IN THIS CASE TO THAT VIDEO SHOW PROTESTERS TRYING STOP OR LIMIT OFFICERS FROM SETTING UP AS BARRICADES?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT SORT OF IS GOING TO BE SORT THE FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OFFICERS CAN RESPOND IF THEY ARE BEING SORT OF HURT OR ATTACKED.

IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR WHETHER THAT RESPONDENT WHAT RESPONSE PROPORTIONAL AND WHETHER SOMEONE WAS INJURED.

THAT'S WHAT THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS UNREST COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS UNDER SCRUTINY FOR THE MASK ARREST POLICY IN PREPARATION FOR THE DNC.

HEATHER, HOW WITH THIS NEW POLICY CHANGE THE WAY POLICE CAN DEAL PROTESTERS?

SO ONE OF THE ISSUES DURING THE UNREST AND THE VIOLENCE AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 WAS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWED THEM TO MAKE MASS ARRESTS.

WHEN THINGS GOT OUT OF CONTROL, THIS POLICY IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THAT GLARING LOOPHOLE.

BUT THE COALITION OF GROUPS THAT SUED THE CITY TO FORCE THE CONSENT DECREE, WHICH, OF COURSE, REQUIRES ALL SORTS OF CHANGES, SAY THAT NOT ONLY DOES THAT PROPOSED POLICY VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT, IT VIOLATES THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN USE OF FORCE POLICY AND ITS OWN POLICY REQUIRES OFFICERS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE CITY IS IN COURT THIS WEEK DEFENDING THAT POLICY IN FRONT OF A FEDERAL JUDGE AND THE FEDERAL JUDGE COULD DECIDE TO SAY NO, THAT POLICY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND SEND THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TIME IS TICKING.

THE CONVENTION IS COMING.

WHETHER LIKE IT OR ACLU IS ALSO SAYING SAYING THAT THE CITY HAS NOT SHARED ENOUGH DETAILS ABOUT THEIR SECURITY PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WHILE MAYOR JOHNSON AND SUPERINTENDENTS KNOWING KEEP SAYING.

>> THE CITY IS READY.

WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE THAT OUT?

BUT WE'RE READY FOR THIS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROTEST IS WELL, THEY SEE PROTEST PART OF THE LAWSUIT.

THAT IS PART OF THAT BECAUSE THE ACLU DOES WANT TO PROTEST SO YOU HAVE IN ADDITION TO THESE LAWSUITS, YOU ALSO HAVE FRUSTRATION WITH ALL OF THE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED FROM PROTESTERS THAT SAY THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND THE CITY SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T GO THERE.

THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN ALTERNATIVE GRANT PARK AND PROTESTERS SAY SAY NO, WE WANT TO GET CLOSE.

THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO GET IN THE FACES OF PROMINENT PEOPLE.

>> MEDIA CAMERAS NATIONWIDE.

WE WANT OUR MESSAGE SPREAD.

IN TERMS OF THAT THAT SORT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IT, WE HEAR FROM THE MAYOR ON SUPERINTENDENT SELLING, FRANKLY, THAT THE GOVERNOR AS WELL TRYING TO REALLY ALI THESE CONCERNS AND SAYING THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE CPD, BY THE WAY, THAT THEY'RE WAITING AND THEY ARE DUE IN COURT MEETING WITH US WITH THE FEDERAL LEVEL AGENCIES.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE FBI.

THE SECRET SERVICE ARE IN.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF SECURITY PLANNING THAT IS GOING ON.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING, HOWEVER, THAT IS APPEASING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO KNOW INFORMATION.

NOW THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR THEY WANT TO BE SEEN.

FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE DNC, HEATHER.

>> SEPARATELY, YOU'VE DONE SOME REPORTING CPD IN ITS INVESTIGATION INTO OFFICERS WHO ARE ALLEGEDLY OR WHO ALLEGEDLY HAD TIES TO THE EXTRA MONTH EXTREMIST GROUP.

OATH KEEPERS, WHAT DID YOU FIND?

6 MONTHS AGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING PROMISED THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HE WOULD LAUNCH A NEW PROBE INTO AT LEAST 8 OFFICERS WHO UP WHOSE NAME APPEARED ON A LEAKED MEMBERSHIP LIST FROM THE OATH KEEPERS FIRST REPORTED BY NPR.

>> NOW THAT PROBE WAS COMPLETED IN.

THERE WAS NOTHING SUSTAINED AGAINST ANY OF STATE.

THE 8 OFFICERS IN THE PROBE WAS CLOSED AT OUR REQUEST.

SUPERINTENDENT SNELLING RELEASED THE FULL REPORT WHICH WAS 30 PAGES, BUT APPARENTLY ONLY INTERVIEW THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES ABOUT WHETHER THEY BELONG TO THE OATH KEEPERS AND WHETHER THEY SHARED THE OATH KEEPERS SORT EAST COAST, WHICH IS ANTI-GOVERNMENT FAR-RIGHT WING AND SORT OF A DESIRE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT NOR WHAT THEY SEE AS UNLAWFUL ORDERS.

SO THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THAT INVESTIGATION WAS.

THOROUGH ENOUGH AND WHETHER THE CITY CAN REALLY SORT OF CONTINUE TO TRY TO REBUILD TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY HAVE ADMITTED LEE SAID, LOOK, THERE ARE THERE PEOPLE ON THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE OATH KEEPER GUNNA STATION, WHICH OF COURSE THOSE LEADERS WERE CONVICTED OF SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH JANUARY 6.

SO THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

A LOT MORE TO THAT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

OF COURSE, I'M AMANDA LAWMAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD, THOUGH, MAKING CHANGES TO THE ABILITY OF PARTIES TO SLEET CANDIDATES.

WHAT IS WHAT IS THE CHANGE THERE?

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN RUN FOR OFFICE.

THE CLASS OF ONE THAT WE THINK OF AS YOU RUN IN.

IF YOU WIN THE PRIMARY, THEN YOU GET YOUR CHANCE AT A GENERAL ELECTION.

IF YOU WIN THAT, THEN YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS ELECTED AND SEATED.

BUT EXCEPT FOR THERE ARE CASES WHERE NOBODY RUNS IN THE PRIMARY AND WE HAVE THAT OFTEN IN CHICAGO BECAUSE >> YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS THAT PRETTY MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO WIN THOSE RACES.

SO REPUBLICANS MIGHT NOT EVEN BOTHER IN THIS SITUATION.

A PARTY WITH THE PARTY LEADERS BE ABLE TO SLATE SOMEBODY TO TAKE THAT POSITION.

NOBODY IN THE PRIMARY GO AHEAD AND RUN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

WE ARE 6 MONTHS OUT FROM THE ELECTION AND DON'T HOLD NEW LAW PASSES.

AND THIS IS ALL PASSED BY DEMOCRATS AND SIGNED INTO LAW, OF COURSE, BY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.

AND THEY SAY NO MORE OF THAT PROCESS.

IT'S OK. >> MORE THAN THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE AND OF IN A KEY AND HAD A THANKS SO MUCH.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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