“We’ve got to figure out a way to do this that doesn’t lead to this kind of public mass (conflict). It’s not necessary. It’s not productive. It leaves lasting scars,” Lightfoot said Friday in an interview with the Tribune. “There’s a lot of healing that needs to be done in CPS as a result of this latest episode. At school levels, within schools … this was like biblical times. Brother versus brother, sister against sister, there’s no need for that. This pandemic is tough and hard on its own. We need not add layers of trauma, and yet that’s exactly what happened.”
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Daily average of administered vaccine doses hits new high as 2,092 new COVID-19 cases and 53 additional deaths reported Saturday
