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Field Rep Workload Increased By CTU? - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Field Rep Workload Increased By CTU? - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Field Rep Workload Increased By CTU?

I'm told that CTU is implementing several cost-cutting measures, including increasing the workloads of the field reps from having 40-50 schools each to having 70 schools each. Saving money's always a good idea, but not everyone agrees with the approach. "This is not the time to be increasing the amount of schools that they have. New field reps aren't experienced enough and even the experienced reps have got to be going insane. There are so many problems right now and so many displaced tenured teachers. There are buildings with no delegates to make sure things are going properly...how can the field reps do the job