Board of Education
Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL 60602 (Directions)
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
COVID-19 health and safety at schools
Good Morning Folks! I’m going to be covering @ChiPubSchools Board of Education meeting for @ChiDocumenters this morning! If you’d like to follow along with the meeting, jump in here:
10:43 AM Sep 22, 2021 CDT
Today’s meeting has been called to order, so as things get started, here’s today’s meeting agenda:
- Honoring Excellence
- Interim CEO Remarks
- Public Participation/comment
- Fall Opening Update Presentation
Whole School Safety Update
- Board Reports
Today’s Honoring Excellence Award is being given to the Chair of the World Languages Department at Payton College Prep, Alicia Gonzalez, for aiding her students in becoming College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars. https://t.co/YIwuczjCiF
Here is the full list of students awarded: Adriana Matesanz-Rodriguez, Alejandro Joleanis, Ana Carpenter, Andre Mendoza, August Sasaki, Benjamin Perez, Colin Symons, Connor Roche, Elia Suarez, Eva Romero, Gabriel Torres, Grace Pena, Juan Cortez, Julian Villegas, Kiera Pardo (1/2)
Melanie Vazquez, Natalie Cavallo, Natalie Velazquez, Nicholas Lagunas, Oscar Boccelli, Roberto Pena, Sofi Rodriguez, Sofia White, Sophia Iturralde, and Violet Webber. (2/2)
Congratulations!!
Moving on to some announcements for today:
- 355 more teachers have been hired at the start of the school year compared to last year
- COVID-19 Contact Tracers are actively being hired as well as other positions within CPS being affected by shortages, such as bus drivers https://t.co/TQ4hrk32CI
Dr. Torres is currently being given a round of applause for his dedication to opening CPS schools this fall.
It’s hard not to take this in bad taste considering the amount of COVID cases in just three weeks of school being open
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-covid-case-numbers-first-three-weeks-20210920-csryprpwtjd4de7nxzvpa7fq7y-story.html
Now we are at the public commentary portion of this meeting.
Chris Baehrend, Chicago Teacher Union ACTS Division Chair says, “What’s been happening Inside CPS has been a mess.” https://t.co/p2lYFPyBju
Agency Information
Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Board of Education is charged with governing the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), setting policies, governing operations, and charting the direction of current and future programs.
A list of board members (with headshots) is here. Board members are currently appointed by the mayor. In 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that will gradually transition to a 21-member elected school board over the course of 2024-2027.
A list of CPS executive leadership is here.
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