CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a new school board Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s ...
The mayor’s office didn’t say whether any had yet agreed. This is the latest development shaping Chicago’s first-ever elected school board after decades of advocacy for elections ...
voters will elect 10 members from 10 school board districts as Chicago moves forward with a new hybrid school board. Mayor Johnson will pick 10 other school board members, plus a new board president.
CHICAGO — The city’s first elections to the school board were disappointing for candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, but additional appointments by the mayor will likely mean he ...
The mayor this month appointed seven new members to the school board after it was announced the entire previous board would resign. The Chicago City Council members behind Wednesday’s letter que ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- For the first time, Chicago voters have chosen 10 school board members who will make major decisions for the district—including how to tackle the massive upcoming budget deficit.
Ahead of Tuesday’s election, it wasn’t clear if Chicago’s just appointed school ... a new, partly appointed, partly elected board will be seated. Turns out, all six members that the mayor ...
The Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.74 million on its endorsed school board candidates. But most of them were defeated, ...
Board members wrote to district CEO Pedro Martinez the same day the Chicago Teachers Union wrote to them, asking them to ...
In the latest development in a monthslong battle between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, the ...
Pritzker this week had criticized the vetting process the mayor used in selecting the board president. "Any person charged with the stewardship of the Chicago Public School Board must exemplify ...