Chicago Teachers Union slams CPS' effort to relax ethics code

It's the wrong first impression to send and a terrible idea.

That's the message Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey conveyed Wednesday morning ahead of a Chicago Public Schools board meeting that's set to include a vote on relaxing its own ethics rules so the school system can hire a former board member.

"The ethics rule is there for a reason. Boards should not be hiring themselves to lucrative six-figure jobs," he said.

Sharkey, speaking at a brief news conference outside CPS headquarters, said the move is indicative of school system that's been plagued by ethics issues in recent years.

"The problem is there's a cloud of ethics violations that go back for several administrations in a row now."

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