While votes are still being counted in a handful of close races, unofficial results indicate that 11 candidates who were backed by groups supportive of charter schools and school choice are on track to be seated in January.
Biggs beat Chicago Teacher Union organizer Hilario Dominguez, and attorney Victor Henderson with nearly 50% of the vote in the three-way contest.
About a dozen candidates for the city’s first fully elected school board would consider closing or merging schools as enrollment declines. Most oppose any closures.
The Chicago Board of Education president represents the board publicly, runs board meetings, and helps set the agenda. The person elected will lead the board for the next four years.
Special interest groups have spent $6.7 million on Chicago school board races this year, with groups opposing the Chicago Teachers Union outspending the union.
The district’s Office of the Inspector General had reopened an investigation into roughly decade-old allegations of inappropriate conduct by Hilario Dominguez, one of three candidates for school board president.
The district’s Office of the Inspector General closed an inquiry into an almost decade-old allegation that the Chicago Teachers Union-backed candidate made inappropriate comments to a former CPS student.
Ellen Rosenfeld将代表的芝加哥社区包括Lincoln Park、North Center、Lakeview和Logan Square。
Karen Zaccor、Ellen Sherratt或Ángel Álvarez将代表的芝加哥社区包括Lakeview、Uptown、North Center和Edgewater。