Elected school board win boosts supporters
Supporters of an elected school board in Chicago say they have new momentum after an advisory measure passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night to end a mayor-appointed board.
Supporters of an elected school board in Chicago say they have new momentum after an advisory measure passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night to end a mayor-appointed board.
Today is Election Day, but a group of middle school students in the west suburbs had their say yesterday. That’s because it was debate day in Room 222 at Clarendon Hills Middle School.
Newly seated CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett says the district is requesting a waiver from the Dec. 1 deadline for announcing school closures set out in state law.
The plan would bring Marine Military Academy to the Ames Middle School. Currently, Marine shares a building with a military academy on the West Side.
Chicago Public School officials said that they do not plan to shutter schools based on student performance, as they have in the past.
There are still large gaps in achievement between white students and their minority classmates, despite modest gains.
In the first year, that the new teachers contract will cost the district $103 million, officials said, but the average annual cost is pegged at $74 million.
The election is two weeks from now, and there’s been a lot of talk about whether young voters will turn out in big numbers.