Nader Issa
Education Reporter
Senate passage of the plan came after the mayor urged Illinois Senate President Don Harmon to support an election for 10 seats this year. The mayor will appoint the other 11 members.
CPS, in a separate vote, opted to drop janitorial giant Aramark as the district’s cleaning provider.
La decisión llega después de que el alcalde Brandon Johnson aprobara el fin del contrato de $10.3 millones del distrito escolar con el Departamento de Policía de Chicago.
The decision comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson gave his blessing last month to end the school district’s $10.3 million contract with the Chicago Police Department.
Research by Harvard and Stanford universities found Chicago’s 3rd- to 8th-grade students outpaced most similar districts in reading growth from 2019 to 2023, while Illinois was one of only three states whose reading achievement now exceeds 2019 levels.
Los Alagha, residentes del suburbio de Lombard, fueron autorizados hace meses por el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos para ser evacuados de Gaza con sus padres y familiares.
Five days after the Alagha brothers were detained by Israeli soldiers, family members say they haven’t been notified of charges or been able to speak with them.
Philadelphia-based Aramark has been dogged by complaints of unclean schools and a lack of cleaning supplies. CPS wants to regain in-house management of custodians.
The new bill includes ethics provisions Senate President Don Harmon requested last year. Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson sent Harmon a letter supporting the Chicago Teachers Union-backed plan to elect 10 members in November, while the mayor appoints the other 11.