⁍ Chicago Public Schools will hold all classes online this fall for its 350,000 students, local media reported on Tuesday.

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⁍ School officials are expected to unveil details of their plan as early as Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported citing unnamed sources.

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⁍ The development came shortly after the Chicago Teachers Union threatened a work stoppage if the school system went with its original plan to hold some in-person classes.

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– The third-largest school district in the US will hold all classes online this fall for its 350,000 students amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported Tuesday. School officials are expected to unveil details of their plan as early as Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The development came shortly after the Chicago Teachers Union threatened a work stoppage if the school system went with its original plan to hold some in-person classes. A Chicago Teachers Union official who asked not to be identified told Reuters that the union plans to discuss early next week a possible strike vote demanding remote learning. It would be the strongest action yet, led by rank-and-file teachers across the nation who have voiced frustration this summer over plans to reopen schools and return to in-person learning in the fall. School reopenings have also become a white-hot election issue after President Trump demanded a return to in-person learning throughout the country, while Democrats urge remote schooling until COVID-19 case rates flatten. Chicago Public Schools were planning to have students in classrooms for two days week in pods of 15 pupils. Parents can choose to have their student take classes entirely online.