{"id":779,"date":"2024-09-16T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/?p=779"},"modified":"2024-09-16T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:46:00","slug":"chicago-school-board-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/2024\/09\/16\/chicago-school-board-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago School Board Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES SUBMIT PETITIONS FOR NOVEMBER ELECTIONS<\/p>\n<p>Chicago school board candidates have submitted petitions for the city&#8217;s first school board elections on November 5. To be printed on the ballot, candidates needed 1,000 valid signatures from residents of their district, with a deadline of June 24 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the new school board districts and find out which one you live in, Chalkbeat created an interactive map.<\/p>\n<p>Many candidates have also begun fundraising for their campaigns, reporting contributions to the Illinois State Board of Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the candidates running in each district, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. This list has been updated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>District 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jennifer Custer, a CPS parent and former teacher, union leader, and school administrator in the Chicago suburbs<\/li>\n<li>Michelle N. Pierre, a CPS parent and Local School Council member, executive director at New Leaders, a training program for school leaders, former charter school leader, and former district administrator in Cleveland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>District 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jason D\u00f3nes, chief of people operations at non-profit Beyond 100K, former teacher and leader at Teach for America<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Rivas, a spokesperson for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and former alumni counselor at UIC College Prep, a Noble charter school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>District 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kimberly Brown, a marketing professional, adjunct professor, and CPS parent<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Davis, a nonprofit leader, CPS parent, and former LSC member<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Day, a CPS parent, co-founder of Illinois Veterans for Change<\/li>\n<li>Carmen Gioiosa, a CPS parent, Local School Council member, adjunct professor, former CPS administrator, and former CPS teacher<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Rosenfeld, a family and community engagement manager at Chicago Public Schools, a CPS parent, and former CPS teacher<\/li>\n<li>Karen Zaccor, a teacher at Uplift High School and former LSC member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>District 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michilla \u201cKyla\u201d Blaise, a CPS parent, chief of staff for Cook County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar, political consultant, and public relations professional<\/li>\n<li>Jitu Brown, a community organizer with Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, director of the Journey for Justice Alliance, and a Dyett hunger striker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>District 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rev. Robert Jones, a pastor at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church and a Dyett hunger striker<\/li>\n<li>Karin Norington-Reaves, a CPS parent and consultant, former candidate in Illinois\u2019s 1st congressional district<\/li>\n<li>Adam Parrott-Sheffer, a CPS parent, adjunct lecturer at Harvard, author, former principal in CPS and the Chicago suburbs, former district administrator in New York City<\/li>\n<li>Che \u201cRhymefest\u201d Smith, a Grammy-award winning songwriter, rapper and community activist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><br \/>\nAs of Tuesday, August 27, the following candidates have voluntarily withdrawn or been removed from the ballot:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chuck Hernandez, Republican committeeman of the 38th Ward on the city\u2019s North West side and retired detective with the Chicago Police Department (District 1)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Steven Kleinman, community organizer and Local School Council member (District 2)<\/li>\n<li>Kirk J. Ortiz, vice president of a private security company and former candidate for Illinois House District 4 (District 3)<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Hargrove, an associate director of the Back To Our Future program at nonprofit Breakthrough Urban Ministries and former dean at Chicago Public Schools (District 5)<\/li>\n<li>Kernetha Jones, a retired CPS teacher (District 5)<\/li>\n<li>Jousef M. Shkoukani, an attorney and founder of an education nonprofit Unified Under Hope (District 5)<\/li>\n<li>Brenda I. Delgado, a CPS parent, vice president of Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, and former Local School Council member (District 6)<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Wallace, a community youth advocate and non-profit leader (District 6)<\/li>\n<li>Felipe \u201cPhil\u201d Luna Jr., a management systems specialist for the Illinois Department of Public Health and Local School Council member (District 7)<\/li>\n<li>Jesus Ayala Jr., chief of program and strategy operations at Metrosquash (District 7)<\/li>\n<li>Darius Dee Nix, interim impact director for City Year Chicago, former CPS charter school teacher, former candidate in Illinois\u2019s 1st congressional district (District 8)<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Bailey Preston, a construction manager and Local School Council member (District 9)<\/li>\n<li>Rosita Chatonda, nonprofit founder and teacher advocate, former CPS teacher and former teachers union organizer (District 10)<\/li>\n<li>James M. Walton, a former school principal and administrator in CPS and the Chicago suburbs (District 10)<\/li>\n<li>Nathaniel \u201cNate\u201d Ward, director of community outreach &#038; engagement for City Colleges of Chicago, CPS parent, and Local School Council member (District 10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Q: Who are the candidates running for the Chicago School Board?<br \/>\nA: There are multiple candidates running in each of the 10 districts, with a total of over 50 candidates vying for seats.<\/p>\n<p>Q: What is the deadline for submitting signatures for the election?<br \/>\nA: The deadline for submitting signatures was June 24 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Q: How can I learn more about the school board candidates?<br \/>\nA: Chalkbeat created an interactive map to help residents learn more about the new school board districts and find out which one they live in.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Who is funding the school board campaigns?<br \/>\nA: Candidates have begun fundraising for their campaigns, reporting contributions to the Illinois State Board of Elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES SUBMIT PETITIONS FOR NOVEMBER ELECTIONS Chicago school board candidates have submitted petitions for the city&#8217;s first school board elections on November 5. To be printed on the ballot, candidates needed 1,000 valid signatures from residents of their district, with a deadline of June 24 at 5 p.m. To learn more about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cps.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}