Chicago public schools are scheduled to open Wednesday. But a budgetcrisis must be solved and union negotiations must be completed beforestudents can hit the books. Here's the countdown to classes: TODAY Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates meets after a morningcontract negotiating session. Teachers will hear a late report onproposals from the Board of Education. School Board is scheduled to vote on a 1992 budget, including schoolclosings. TOMORROW Chicago School Finance Authority meets on the budget. SATURDAY Finance Authority must, by law, approve a budget. QUOTES OF THE DAY School officials "realize D-Day is very close. . . . They cannotclose their eyes and think someone's going to come down the road tohelp them." - Mayor Daley. "We need to establish a reputation for a way of operating that will(persuade) people who control the purse strings."
- Chicago Board of Education member Saundra J. Bishop about whyshe reversed her position against school closings.
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