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    Students walk out at several Chicago schools to demand City Council support cease-fire in Gaza

    by Sarah Macaraeg, Zareen Syed, Kate Armanini, Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune Jan 30, 2024 3 minutes
    CPS high school students sit in the City Hall to call for a cease-fire in Israel-Hamas War on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Chicago.

    CHICAGO — At about a dozen high schools across the city Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools students held walkouts to demand aldermen vote in favor of a cease-fire resolution scheduled for the City Council on Wednesday. After a contentious delay last week, the vote is expected to be heated.

    Co-sponsored by Alderman Rossana Rodriguez, 33rd, and Alderman Daniel La Spata, 1st, the resolution, demands President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress “call for and facilitate a permanent cease-fire to end the ongoing violence in Gaza; call for humanitarian assistance including

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