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Moore has actively opposed an elected school board in City Council, maneuvering to block a ballot measure. [18] Despite 49th ward residents voting overwhelmingly to freeze charter school expansion, [19] Moore has ignored his constituents and continued to push for more charters [20] [21] as he collects campaign donations from Charter operators. [22]
Signaling a paradigm shift in a school system largely shaped by choice, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday to prioritize neighborhood schools in Chicago Public Schools ...
Sponsored by Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, HB5008 would allow high school Local School Councils to contract directly with CPD to employ school resource officers, known as SROs, through February 2027.
Chicago is a special charter municipality. [9] The Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago is the official publication of the acts of the City Council. [10] The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of Chicago's local ordinances of a general and permanent nature. [10] [11]
The 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike was a labor dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union (which represents the school district's teachers and some of the paraprofessional and school related personnel) and the Service Employees International Union Local 73 (which represents the district's support staff and a majority of the paraprofessional and school related ...
(The Center Square) – Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council still don’t have a budget agreement. Reports surfaced early Friday that the mayor did not have enough votes to pass a ...
Every Chicago public school has a Local School Council (LSC) which consists of parents, community members, teachers, and the principal of the school. Members of the council are elected except in the case of teachers, staff and student representatives, who are appointed by the Board of Education after non-binding polls are taken and conduct monthly meetings which the public can attend.
Pedro Martinez (born 1969/1970) [1] is a Mexican-American school administrator who has served as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (the superintendent position of Chicago Public Schools) since 2021. Before working in Chicago, he had also served as superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District and superintendent of the Washoe ...