LIVE UPDATES: Hearing underway for student athlete lawsuit over playoffs
10:53 a.m. Hearing underway for student athlete lawsuit over playoffs
On Thursday, the parents of 14 cross country runners at Jones College Prep filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit court against the Illinois High School Association and the Chicago Board of Education on behalf of all Chicago Public Schools athletes that have missed out on state playoffs as a result of the Chicago Teachers Union strike.
Students from Payton, Taft, Northside, Lane, and other high schools gathered outside the courtroom Friday morning: