Chicago Public Schools has announced district employees will be required to take three furlough days without pay during the current fiscal year.
Schools CEO Forrest Claypool says the district is expected to save $30 million from the furloughs, which will be added to the more than $120 million in savings he says has already been realized.
The first furlough day will come on March 25, which is Good Friday. According to Claypool, Good Friday was picked as a furlough day because an estimated 8,000 staff members were already planning to take the day off. Two additional furlough days will occur in June.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the furlough decision "only strengthens our resolve to shut down the school district on April 1."
