We want to remind
interns that we have four upcoming furlough days:
- Friday,
Feb. 3rd
- Friday,
April 7th
- Wednesday,
June 21
- Thursday,
June 22nd
During those days,
interns are unable to get hours from CPS sites counted towards their counseling
internship. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Below is the
announcement with more details.
Rauner’s
Budget Cut Leads to 4 Furlough Days
for All CPS Employees in FY17
In the wake of Gov. Rauner’s broken promise to fairly fund Chicago
Public Schools, CEO Forrest Claypool announced today that all District
employees will be furloughed on
four non-instructional days this school year.
“As we address CPS’ financial challenges, we have two goals:
minimize classroom disruptions and restore funding that treats Chicago students
fairly,” said CEO Forrest Claypool. “Since Governor Rauner is denying fair
funding to Chicago students, we are forced to make cuts that will create new
challenges for schools that are working to build on their academic gains. But
make no mistake, any additional cuts we are forced to make would fall squarely
at the governor’s feet.”
Employees will not work on furlough days and will not be
paid for the furlough days.
The District expects these adjustments to save approximately $35 million to be
used to reduce the gap caused by the governor’s veto.
In the meantime, CPS will continue to fight for fair funding for
Chicago’s students. If Gov. Rauner continues to treat Chicago children as
political pawns, CPS will be forced to take additional steps to reduce
spending, working to minimize disruptions to classroom instruction.
The furlough days
are taking place on previously scheduled School Improvement Days for staff,
which are used to train teachers on instructional strategies, analyze student
academic data and plan or refine curriculum to meet students’ needs. The furlough days are:
· Friday,
February 3, 2017
· Friday,
April 7, 2017
· Wednesday,
June 21, 2017
· Thursday,
June 22, 2017
In a letter to employees today, Claypool wrote: “For our part,
once again we will fight tooth and nail to protect our classrooms, and to ensure
that these political games won’t roll back the tremendous progress by Chicago
students. However, with a hole of this size in our budget, we have no choice
but to begin to take immediate action to preserve CPS’ solvency. To be
clear: Governor Rauner cut funding for CPS pensions by $215 million at the same
time that the state is increasing its contributions for other districts’
pensions by $300 million, to nearly $4 billion.”
If you have any questions, please
reach out to Angela Shanahan, School Counseling Specialist, at aeshanahan@cps.edu
School Counselor
Internship Program
Office of School
Counseling and Postsecondary Advising (OSCPA)
Chicago Public Schools
(CPS)
42 W. Madison St., 3rd
Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
