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\"We moved our position even further to where CTU said it was most critical to getting this deal done. What we heard is, it's still not good enough,\" Lightfoot said at a news conference. \"What's prolonging this strike is union insistence on a shorter school day or school year, and insistence that I support their political agenda.\"

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CTU Vice President Stacey Davis Gates accused the mayor of setting up an \"unfair expectation\" for the most recent negotiation session on Tuesday that failed to produce an agreement.

\"We had a meeting where grownups got to ask questions. That's what this meeting was about,\" Gates told reporters, refuting rumors that union representatives walked out on the negotiations after raising hopes that a settlement was imminent.

I am proud to support @CTULocal1 educators on strike.

They are fighting for the schools all of Chicago’s kids deserve.

They are fighting for a nurse and support staff in schools, smaller class sizes and adequate time to prep. I stand with them. #PutItInWriting #FairContractNow https://t.co/kJnwVdXhvi

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 30, 2019

\"Let's get it right,\" Gates said. \"You don't go on strike for this many days to come back and say 'I wish I would have ...'\"

Lightfoot said Wednesday she's hopeful the union will soon vote to accept the city's latest proposal.

\"I'm not surprised by the length of the strike. There's a lot of work that we could have done sooner, but we didn't start to do until the strike,\" said Lightfoot, who was elected in April.

\"This has been a long journey,\" she said. \"Unfortunately, I think there's a lot of harm that's been done to our young people. But my hope is that when the [union's] House of Delegates reconvenes today that there will be a robust presentation of the tentative agreement that's on the table and that they will vote on it up or down.\"

Under Illinois state law, school districts are required to plan a minimum 180-day calendar with at least 176 days of student instruction and five days designated for emergencies. School days canceled after Tuesday, the ninth day of missed classes since the strike began, will, under the law, have to be made up to meet the minimum class-calendar schedule, officials said.

Chicago public school officials could tack the days onto the end of the school year or subtract days from winter break or cancel other holidays to meet the state statute, officials said.

Union leaders said Lightfoot has agreed to allow students and teachers to make up lost days at the end of the year.

After hearing late Tuesday that classes would be canceled again, parents like Brenda Delgado, a mother of three children enrolled in Chicago public schools, scrambled to adjust their work schedules to take yet another day off to care for their children.

\"We might be taking care of some other kids and some other friends might be taking care of kids, if this goes into next week,\" Delgado told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV. \"I can't take too many days off of work, but I'm taking off (on Wednesday) for sure.\"

Like many parents, Delgado said she wants to turn her children's time away from the classroom into a teachable moment.

\"They are going to learn civics. They're going to walk the picket line,\" Delgado said. \"They're going to have their art class and make picket signs, and they're going to be creative to get their message across.\"

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