CPS nurses are exhausted - Chicago Reader

CTU members protested what they described as unsafe working conditions and demanded more nurses at CPS schools during the January work stoppage/lockout.From the ebbs and flows of the pandemic, to chronic understaffing, to numerous public fights between their union and the district, school nurses in Chicago are frustrated, stretched thin, and desperate for a change.

“We have been beating the drum on the need[s] of our school communities for a very long time with particular attention to having nursing support and traumatic support within our school communities,” Davis Gates told the“We’ve always needed that type of support, and the pandemic continues to exacerbate those same needs. Kids are back in our schools dealing with the emotional impact of COVID, a lockdown, the emotional impact of grief and family members who are ill and who have passed.

“They’re always trying to find a cheaper way to do things. I don’t think they’re hiring enough personnel to keep these buildings clean,” Beck said, adding that she often wipes down her own workspace and finds it frequently uncleaned. “It’s frustrating to me that you have these students that need this kind of equity and it’s not being given to them,” he said.

McIntosh and Kosuth also criticized CPS attendance requirements that they say contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in communities and pose a particular risk for students who live in multigenerational households. They noted that students are facing the same challenges as adults during the pandemic, like losing family members or dealing with illness.

Beck, who supports Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, a candidate for CTU President on a slate advanced by the Members First Caucus, said the union should have pushed for better mitigation measures earlier, instead of over winter break. Last week, the“I think CTU, knowing who our management is and that CPS does nothing until the last minute, should have not gone back to school without a signed, sealed, and delivered safety agreement,” Beck said.

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