Letter From PAB Leaders to Mayor Brandon Johnson
Kids First Chicago’s Parent Advisory Board members reached out to the newly inaugurated Mayor Brandon Johnson, inviting him to collaborate with our community to ensure a high-quality education for all of Chicago's students.
Kids First Chicago’s Parent Advisory Board members reached out to the newly inaugurated Mayor Brandon Johnson, inviting him to collaborate with our community to ensure a high-quality education for all of Chicago's students.
We emphasized the importance of authentic parent engagement, centering the voices of those most impacted, and a CPS elected school board that is racially representative of CPS’s population and accessible to parents. We also advocated for full and adequate resources for public schools, creative use of under-utilized spaces, access to quality social-emotional learning, culturally-responsive programming, and free year-round CTA transportation for all CPS students.
The Case for Compensating Chicago School Board Members
Lorena Lopez and Consuelo Martinez, both members of Kids First Chicago’s Parent Advisory Board and Elected School Board Task Force who also serve on Local School Councils, share a compelling argument to compensate Chicago's elected school board members.
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