In the News: Coalition demands elected school board; CPS at 'fork in the road'
The Chicago Teachers Union is among seven organizations demanding that Chicago move to a 13-member elected school board that would strip the next mayor of the power to appoint board members, according to the Sun-Times. CTU President Karen Lewis and others contended some reforms under a board appointed by Mayor Daley has stalled and, in some cases, hurt schools and students. The groups are calling for a change in state law that would create an elected school board comprised of three parents or community members from the South Side and two each from the North and West sides. Two teachers, one administrator, one “academic,’’ one school “paraprofessional’’ — such as a school clerk — and one “business’’ person also would be elected to sit on the board.
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