Jessica Biggs, a former CPS principal, claimed victory as the next president of the Chicago Board of Education in Wednesday’s election. Roughly 60 percent of the vote had been counted with Biggs garnering almost half of all votes when she addressed the crowd at her watch party, declaring victory.
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Newly elected school board could signal major shift for Chicago Public Schools
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, and GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey, right, speak on Aug. 24, 2022, at Schuler Farms in Lexington, Illinois, during the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Chicago’s first-ever race for school board president has generated millions in political contributions, political jockeying by special-interest groups and stirred controversy in a divisive and heated campaign.
When Chicagoans head to the polls Tuesday, they’ll be making history as they elect all 21 members of the city’s school board for the first time. The showdown for the school board is the marquee race on the ballot, with Gov. JB Pritzker expected to win a third term and Lt. Gov.
Members of the Chicago Board of Education make key policy decisions that affect more than 315,000 Chicago Public Schools students, about three-quarters of whom come from low-income households, per state data.
For the first time ever, Chicagoans are voting to elect the president of the Chicago Board of Education in what has been a historic and contentious campaign.
Jessica Biggs, a former CPS principal, claimed victory as the next president of the Chicago Board of Education in Wednesday’s election. Roughly 60 percent of the vote had been counted with Biggs garnering almost half of all votes when she addressed the crowd at her watch party, declaring victory.
The Chicago Board of Education is heading in a new direction following Tuesday’s historic election, but the newly elected members will have some major challenges waiting for them.
People walk into a Chicago school that doubled as a polling place on Election Day. Chicago voters picked a fully elected school board for the first time in the city's history.
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