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Paraprofessionals and school-related personnel are often overlooked because of their support roles. They are the last ones hired and often the first ones fired when budgets get tight. This certainly seems true right now as the Trump administration withholds nearly $7 billion in education funds, effective July 1, which has hamstrung summer school programs, hindered English language support, halted professional development this summer, and left before- and after-school programs in limbo for the coming school year.

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Join the WSTU571 for a presentation by a representative of the Illinois Teachers Retirement System. 

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Current and many past issues of the Union Messenger are available here. 

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Know Your Rights Information in English and Spanish 

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Franklin Park, IL – Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery and West Suburban Teachers Union, AFT/IFT Local 571, President Kyle Stern issued the following statement on today’s fatal ICE shooting of a Franklin Park resident:

“We are heartbroken by today’s fatal incident in which a man was shot and killed by an ICE agent near a Franklin Park school. Violence has no place in our communities, and it should never occur near schools where children learn and families gather. This incident intensifies the fear that immigrant families, and indeed Black and Brown American citizens

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