Board of Education [in person or remote]
Chicago Public Schools
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022
10:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. CDT
42 W Madison St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)
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Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
Near South high school; Enrollment; Migrant students
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10:11 AM Sep 28, 2022 CDT
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He’s “a young person who not only wants to make a difference but be the difference.”
A 5% increase — attributed to several factors, including the expansion of free food campaign, marketing and close review of early childhood data that targeted enrollment outreach.
He sees himself in the faces of many CPS students now, he said.
“We have a shortage of 11,000” specialized positions
“We must educate and tend to the whole child”
“I see the impact we have in our school community by seeing how many people are interested in” joining the peace program and the reduction in violence at school
“There has been a need for this school” since 2007.
“The growth of population … is significant and a new school in this region is necessary to support all the kids”
The promised housing is already planned for different locations, she said.
Seeing an increase in new and continuing English Learner students https://t.co/9PxGQzUuJo
Majority of students who leave, outside of graduating, is to transfer to a school outside of CPS. https://t.co/ETSITLiann
There was a “dramatic decrease” in the number of students transferring to schools outside of Chicago or to non-public schools https://t.co/YkyosBG9TN
Chkoumbova: We’ve ramped up support for home visits and other strategies and will provide additional updates — “We are not stopping these efforts to continue to re-engage all of our students”
CPS: No, we have been looking at broader district cohort changes. We’ve seen a return to pre-pandemic rates recently.
CPS: we haven’t looked at that yet, but we will
“That’s our pipeline to future students … that is not good”
CPS: 8,305
“This continues to be the major issue for our district and sometimes it’s not clear how everything else rolls up into that.”
“People have presented this as an or — either you build a new school or you invest in old schools.. “I’ve never seen this as an or, for me it’s always been an end.” https://t.co/cLzh5NcAFC
Working on breaking ground in 2023 https://t.co/4uKGADbQly
Whitney Young was a catalyst for bringing the community around it back.
During election season, a time when they’re looking for votes from their constituents, they wouldn’t vote for this if their people didn’t want it.
and asks where the money is coming from for this
Martinez: Next year you’ll receive the capital and operating budget, “we’re designing a financial model … to really have balanced budgets … that doesn’t concern me.” … What you’re approving today is mostly from TIF funding.
In respect to why now, “it’s available and there’s a willing seller … CHA has to go through a process with its regulators, with HUD … which is not an easy or short process
Todd: Even though it doesn’t say real estate?
CPS: correct
“We haven’t done this for other items and I’m not okay with it happening” for this one
Martinez: I’m confident that we will be able to work with the city and state to establish a capital plan
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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.