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Lane Tech’s vaccination rate ranks 3rd highest

Lane Tech’s vaccination rate ranks 3rd highest in the district at 84%, from Jan. 18 data obtained by news source WBEZ Chicago. WBEZ sourced the information from a public records request and found that Northside College Prep had the highest vaccination rate at 85% and that 53% of CPS high school students are fully vaccinated.

As for testing, 15.4% of Lane’s students are enrolled in weekly opt-in testing as of Dec. 10, surpassing CPS’s minimum goal of 10% at every school, according to the non-profit news organization Chalkbeat Chicago.

But how does this compare to suburban schools? Meanwhile, Northshore high school New Trier has a 92% vaccination rate and all students test unless they opt-out, which is a small number.

Read more at the link in the bio

✍️: Ruby Thompson for The Champion
🎨: Ruby Thompson for The Champion (Source: Chalkbeat Chicago, WBEZ Chicago)

In what was an emotional Senior Night for Lane’s

In what was an emotional Senior Night for Lane’s Girls Basketball team, Lane went head-to-head against the Northside Mustangs in a decisive conference game on Jan. 20.

After what was an intense game full of highs and lows for both teams, the Mustangs would come away victorious 42-34.

Lane Gymnasium glittered green and gold as fans erupted with cheers for the seniors Thursday night, family and friends filling the stands and cheerleaders on the courtside.

Read and view the full recap and photo gallery at the link in the bio.

✍️: Megan Camacho for The Champion
📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

Lane’s Varsity Boys Basketball had a bad Wednesd

Lane’s Varsity Boys Basketball had a bad Wednesday night. Coming into the game 13-3 and winners of five straight, Lane lost to Westinghouse 49-44 in a sloppy game filled with turnovers, mistakes and missed shots.

Read the full article and view photo gallery at the link in the bio.

✍️: Theo Gary for The Champion
📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

Some CPS students, including Lane students, walked

Some CPS students, including Lane students, walked out of school Friday, making their way to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) headquarters.

Students from Lane walked out at 12:30 or at the start of sixth period.

The students protested because they felt that CPS was not listening to students.

📸: pictures from the protest at CPS headquarters and the bus ride to the headquarters (Maxwell Jenkins and Efram Stewart for The Champion)

This comes after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)

This comes after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) house of delegate vote on Monday where majority of members voted to stay in-person. The all teacher vote, finalized today, with 55.5% of teachers voting in favor of in-person learning, means that students will return to classrooms like normal on Thursday and for the continuation of the week.

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) however, did agree to CTU’s plans such as offering to increase testing to at least 10% at all schools and the establish student testing and vaccination to 100% by next month.

CPS also agreed to shut down a building for at least five days if 30% or more of the teachers are absent for two or more days because of quarantines. Schools will shut down if 40% of its students are in quarantine.

Students and staff are also provided with N95 masks.

📸: The outside of Lane Tech on Wednesday afternoon. (Mara Mellits for The Champion)

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to suspend

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to suspend their remote work action thus returning to in-person work on Tuesday. Students are set to return to classrooms on Wednesday, per the CPS twitter.

📸: CTU’s car caravan on Jan. 5 at Union Park (Mara Mellits for The Champion)

On Chicago Public School’s (CPS) third day witho

On Chicago Public School’s (CPS) third day without learning, some Lane sports went back to normal with official practices. But other sports are still caught in limbo — with uncertainty clouding their future competitions.

This comes after Chicago Public League Athletics announced on Twitter last night that certain high schools may resume sports Friday, Jan. 7 if there are enough staff to run events.

Read more at the link in the bio.

📸: The Boys Basketball team practicing before their Green and Gold game, which was held earlier this year (Mara Mellits for The Champion)

“All practices and competitions can resume start

“All practices and competitions can resume starting Friday if the host school(s) can support the events with the appropriate coaches and supervisory personnel at the school level. Schools may travel to contests that are out of their buildings either for CPS or suburban games,” a CPS letter stated.

Thompson told The Champion she does not know at this time what, if any, sports will start tomorrow at Lane.

While teachers are still amidst their remote work action, some staff and teachers have been coming into the building, allowing for Lane to have activities in the building.

Read more at the link in the bio.

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