{"id":35005,"date":"2026-11-09T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=35005"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:00:18","slug":"chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6af2698aedcbf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2026\/11\/05\/three-takeaways-about-chicagos-first-fully-elected-school-board\/\">Este reportaje<\/a> was originally published by\u00a0Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at <\/em><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/ckbe.at\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><em>ckbe.at\/boletines<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">If all leads hold from Tuesday night\u2019s election, Chicago\u2019s first fully elected school board will bring together members backed by competing special interests who will spend the next two years confronting some of CPS\u2019 biggest problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">The Chicago Board of Elections is still counting ballots, and four races appear too close to call: districts 3b, 5b, 6a, and 7a. But preliminary results indicate pro-school-choice groups will pick up enough seats \u2014 including school board president \u2014 to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold the Chicago Teachers Union has had the past two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the union representing school support staff, SEIU, was successful in backing the winning candidate for school board president Jessica Biggs, whose largest contribution, more than $1 million, came from billionaire Democratic donor Michael Sacks. SEIU has split with CTU on budget issues and in several school board contests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2025\/02\/20\/cps-unions-fight-over-special-education-classroom-assistants\/\" rel=\"\">after a labor-related dispute<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698aeec06\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: ##FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,##FFFFFF 0%,##FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698aef1ba\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h3 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cWe were one of (Biggs\u2019) biggest supporters early on,\u201d said Anthony Driver, executive director of the SEIU Illinois State Council, which heavily funded a political action committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/elections\/2026\/graphics\/chicago-school-board-education-voter-guide\/school-board\/campaign-finance\/\" rel=\"\">contributed more than $200,000 to Biggs\u2019 campaign<\/a>. \u201cWe felt like she had the knowledge, the wherewithal to build a coalition that could win, and it paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">More than 568,000 votes were cast in the citywide race for school board president, with slightly fewer 540,000 cast in district races \u2014 numbers that increase as outstanding precincts and mail-in ballots are counted. During the 2024 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2024\/11\/20\/53-percent-of-registered-voters-voted-in-school-board-election\/\" rel=\"\">more than 800,000 people<\/a> voted for school board candidates. But <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2026\/11\/04\/chicago-voter-turnout-in-2026-midterms-appears-strong-so-far-officials-say\/\" rel=\"\">midterm election turnout is often lower<\/a> than presidential years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">So what does this all mean for Chicago\u2019s schools and students?<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Voters may have picked a board that is, by a narrow margin, likely less open to CTU-backed proposals and more friendly toward charter schools than the current board. While this majority of board members may lean toward more fiscally conservative policies, just six of them have said they support closing schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">To Hal Woods of the parent advocacy group Kids First, the new board makeup could mean some gridlock \u2014 or open the possibility of coalition-building across different factions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone can assume either side can control key decisions,\u201d Woods said of CTU-aligned candidates and those elected with backing from anti-CTU groups. \u201cI think the new board will have to work through different policy perspectives to get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698af1897\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698af2115\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid flex_gap_desktop_10px\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-34399\" class=\"post-34399 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to category-education category-latest tag-schoolboardparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/09\/15\/cps-immigrant-parent-school-student-school-board-election-security-as-told-to-volunteer-commuity\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_09_15_SchoolBoardParent_CF-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/09\/15\/cps-immigrant-parent-school-student-school-board-election-security-as-told-to-volunteer-commuity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mientras Chicago Elige a su Junta Escolar, Esta Madre Aboga por Tener Escuelas M\u00e1s Seguras<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/samantha-monje\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Samantha Monje\">Samantha Monje<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/09\/15\/cps-immigrant-parent-school-student-school-board-election-security-as-told-to-volunteer-commuity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">15 de septiembre de 2026<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">The new board will be stacked with as many as eight newcomers, and it will face some pressing decisions, including how to manage a shortfall if added state money the current board assumed to balance the budget doesn\u2019t materialize during a November veto session. The start of 2027 will test the promise of a fully elected school board, Woods said: taking the time to hear out Chicagoans rather than making top-down decisions and following political marching orders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cParents don\u2019t care who was endorsed by a political entity,\u201d Woods said. \u201cThey want to know whether members will change the way they do business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Some members of the new board, particularly those serving for the first time, might find their positions shift or moderate as they confront the realities of overseeing the complex district. A majority of the presumed winners has said they oppose automatically raising property taxes to the legal limit, but that\u2019s one lever for balancing the budget the cash-strapped district controls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">A majority of the newly elected members have also signed a pledge to ban all AI-based tools for both students and employees, but might settle on a more nuanced policy after learning more about their use. And when it comes to offering more financial support to struggling charter schools \u2014 particularly those unionized by the CTU \u2014 union-backed and charter-backed members might turn into strange bedfellows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Here are three takeaways from the race.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-narrow-majority-multiple-factions-and-maybe-two-swing-votes\" class=\"heading__StyledHeading-sc-1j4fz6r-0 fcsTcd\"><strong>A narrow majority, multiple factions, and maybe two swing votes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">If all current leads hold, candidates who were backed by pro-school-choice groups who oppose CTU\u2019s influence on the board will make up 11 of the board\u2019s 21 seats. That includes Biggs, plus Margie Luczak in 1a, Ellen Rosenfeld in 4b, LaPamela Williams in 5a, Isaiah White in 6a, Brittany Kimble in 6b, Angel Gutierrez in 8a, Juan Igancio Gonzalez in 8b, Brittany Preston in 9a, Therese Boyle in 9b, and Che \u201cRhymefest\u201d Smith in 10a.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">These candidates were endorsed by or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2026\/10\/21\/chicago-school-board-election-campaign-spending-skyrockets\/\" rel=\"\">received money from<\/a> three political organizations who spent big to oppose CTU candidates: the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, or INCS, which advocates for publicly funded but privately managed charters; the Urban Center, a centrist organization that supports public and private school choice policies; or Common Ground Collective, a new political action committee opposed to the CTU that received more than $2 million from Sacks since September. More than half of these candidates were backed by all three groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Sacks is a longtime Democrat donor and fixture of Chicago politics. He was an ally of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/the-watchdogs\/2026\/10\/16\/michael-sacks-profile-chicago-billionaire-mayoral-race-brandon-johnson-alexi-giannoulias-rahm-emanuel?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"\">played a role in negotiations over funding for CPS during Illinois\u2019 budget crisis in 2017<\/a>, and has invested millions in scholarships for district graduates. Sacks has not responded to requests for comment on his spending motivations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Ten presumed winners were backed by SEIU: Biggs, Claudia Peralta in 1b, Ebony DeBerry in 2a, Norma Rios-Sierra in 3a, Rosenfeld in 4b, Yesenia Lopez in 7b, Gutierrez in 8a, Preston in 9a, Boyle in 9b, and Smith in 10a. Six of these candidates were also backed by the pro-school choice groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">CTU\u2019s endorsed candidates could win a total nine seats if Jason Dones in 3b, Blaise in 5b, and Lozano in 7a hold on to their leads. The union also endorsed Peralta in 1b, DeBerry in 2a, Pope in 2b, Rios-Sierra in 3a, Karen Zaccor in 4a, Michilia Blaise in 5b, and Connie Anderson in 10b.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Entradas populares de WordPress<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Tendencias<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698b0257a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6af2698b02e39\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid flex_gap_desktop_10px\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-33996\" class=\"post-33996 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to category-education category-latest tag-firstgencps\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/08\/11\/cps-first-generation-immigrant-budget-cuts-families-special-needs-support-as-told-to\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026.07.29_FroylanSuarez_ATT_Featured-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/08\/11\/cps-first-generation-immigrant-budget-cuts-families-special-needs-support-as-told-to\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00c9l Vio a Su Madre Abogar Por Servicios de Educaci\u00f3n Especial en CPS. Ahora, \u00c9l Est\u00e1 Votando por el Cambio<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/samantha-monje\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Samantha Monje\">Samantha Monje<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/08\/11\/cps-first-generation-immigrant-budget-cuts-families-special-needs-support-as-told-to\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">11 de agosto de 2026<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Some new and returning board members might be wild cards as different factions jockey for influence over key decisions. The CTU did not endorse Yesenia Lopez, a one-time union ally who cruised to reelection on the Southwest Side, after she broke with the union on key budget and other votes. But Lopez, a progressive who was endorsed by SEIU and Our Schools, a heavily CTU-funded PAC, could still band with union-backed candidates on issues such as school staffing or sharper oversight of charter schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Kimble, a South Side newcomer to the board who was backed by Urban Center, ran in a race where neither the SEIU nor the CTU endorsed a candidate. She has voiced a nuanced position on school closures, an issue where the CTU and the mayor have taken a hard line despite sharply declining enrollment: She has said she would support closing some underenrolled schools, but only after careful planning and engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">The split between SEIU and CTU began in 2024 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2025\/02\/20\/cps-unions-fight-over-special-education-classroom-assistants\/\" rel=\"\">a dispute over staffing of special education classrooms<\/a>. Since then, SEIU has publicly diverged with CTU, describing the teachers union\u2019s financial preferences for CPS as risky for workers and students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Andrew Broy, president of the state charter network, argued that the citywide president race carried more weight as a bellwether for the kind of board residents want to see: \u201cThat\u2019s the race people paid the most attention to.\u201d In district races with much lower name recognition for candidates, incumbents, including CTU stalwarts such as Pope and Zaccor on the North Side, had an edge, Broy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">In contrast, Jackson Potter, the teachers union\u2019s vice president, downplayed the president\u2019s race, arguing that Dominguez had faced an onslaught of prime TV ads and personal attacks, though the union itself spent disproportionately on backing his candidacy. He noted the string of races in which CTU-backed candidates faced massive spending criticizing them or supporting their opponents \u2014 but nevertheless came out on top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cDespite being outspent 5 to 1, we are in a virtual tie,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty good outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Potter said the union should have mobilized its ground game and jumped on getting the word out about its endorsed candidates sooner, before voters formed opinions based on ads and mailers by CTU opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Going back to the spring, he also said the union ran into setbacks recruiting candidates who could dedicate significant time to an unpaid position. That resulted in a number of races where the CTU had no preferred candidate on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cWe tried our darndest to get the word out and see who was interested,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just ran out of runway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Common Ground Collective executive director Chuck Swirsky said in a statement voters \u201csoundly repudiated\u201d the CTU agenda by rejecting Hilario Dominguez as school board president. He also took issue with CTU president Stacy Davis Gates saying on election night that her members know how to walk a picket line, calling it \u201ca troubling response that underscored just how decisively Chicago voters have rejected the Johnson-Davis Gates agenda and their grip on the Chicago Public Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"elected-representatives-setting-the-agenda\" class=\"heading__StyledHeading-sc-1j4fz6r-0 fcsTcd\"><strong>Elected representatives setting the agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Biggs will hold the power of deciding what goes on the board\u2019s agenda \u2014 and there\u2019s no shortage of issues for this board to tackle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">This elected school board will confront consistent challenges, such as budget shortfalls, and face new policy dilemmas, including what to do about AI and technology in the classroom. There\u2019s also the conundrum of potentially closing schools amid dramatic declines in enrollment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Biggs will be able to vote on all matters, not just tiebreaker situations like the board\u2019s current mayorally appointed president, and on the campaign trail she made herself clear on <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/elections\/2026\/graphics\/chicago-school-board-education-voter-guide\/candidates\/jessica-biggs\/\" rel=\"\">many of these issues.<\/a> But she will need to rally another 10 votes to govern effectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Biggs could be part of a majority that\u2019s more open to making certain budget cuts, limiting tax increases, issuing longer renewal terms for charter schools, and be more skeptical about the CTU\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">School board members don\u2019t always vote in line with their backers. For example, some board members backed by the CTU voted in favor of the district\u2019s budget plan in 2025, which the union opposed. And even CTU\u2019s critics approved its new contract with the district last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Jennifer Custer, a former teacher who was elected to the board in 2024, said she won CTU\u2019s endorsement at the time even though they \u201cdidn\u2019t align very closely\u201d but agreed that they wanted the best for students. Custer fell out of the union\u2019s favor after she countered its position on several matters, including budget and charter school closure votes. This year, Custer ran against Biggs, a former ally, for board president before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2026\/08\/27\/jennifer-custer-drops-out-of-race-for-cps-board-president\/\" rel=\"\">suspending her campaign in August.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to understand you may come in with support from unions, you may come in with support from interest groups and your values may align with them, but you are CPS, you are the district, and you make decisions that are best for the district,\u201d Custer said, referring to students, schools, and the bureaucracy. \u201cThat\u2019s your brand, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Driver, the SEIU Illinois State Council executive director, said he\u2019s \u201cnot that convinced\u201d the board will be too divided and that elected officials \u201cshould be representing the interests of kids, of parents, of the community, of the taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Potter, the CTU vice president, said the union plans to reach out to some election winners it did not endorse in hopes they might support the CTU\u2019s priorities, including an increase in staffing and afterschool program spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">\u201cWe are very willing to collaborate and broaden and deepen our coalition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"new-faces-many-parents-and-a-future-that-is-female\" class=\"heading__StyledHeading-sc-1j4fz6r-0 fcsTcd\"><strong>New faces, many parents, and a future that is female<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Thirteen of the presumed winners have already spent time on the board, from Anderson in 10b, who the mayor appointed to the board in the fall to fill a vacancy, to elected board members who have served since January 2025 and mayoral appointees who have been on the board since 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Another eight are newcomers with varying degrees of experience in education. A dozen are current or former CPS parents. Less than half attended CPS. And 16 are women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">One third are former teachers, with most located on the North Side. Six new members had careers outside schools, including two former law enforcement officers, an attorney, and a political organizer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Being new to the board comes with a learning curve: Getting used to long meetings, reading hundreds of pages of documents ahead of meetings, and making high-stakes decisions that impact how schools are funded or how they serve kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\">Part of the learning curve will also include learning about the inner workings of CPS, a $10 billion organization that employs more than 40,000 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><i>This story was updated with a comment from Common Ground Collective.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><i>Becky Vevea contributed. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><i>Reema Amin es reportera cubriendo las escuelas p\u00fablicas de Chicago. Contacta a Reema en <\/i><a href=\"mailto:ramin@chalkbeat.org\" rel=\"\"><i>ramin@chalkbeat.org<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><i>Makiya Seminera es una reportera que cubre c\u00f3mo los gobiernos estatal y federal afectan la educaci\u00f3n en Chicago y en todo Illinois. Puedes comunicarte con Makiya en <\/i><a href=\"\/es\/mseminera@chalkbeat.org.\/\" rel=\"\"><i>mseminera@chalkbeat.org<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1px4eze-0 egVxCn body-paragraph\"><i>Mila Koumpilova is Chalkbeat Chicago\u2019s senior reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Mila at <\/i><a href=\"mailto:mkoumpilova@chalkbeat.org\" rel=\"\"><i>mkoumpilova@chalkbeat.org<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts-2\" class=\"widget-title\">Entradas populares de WordPress<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts-2\" class=\"widget-title\">Tendencias<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the age of 10, Froylan Suarez became the person his family relied on to navigate the education system his immigrant parents did not always understand.\u00a0 Suarez, a first-generation CPS alum, would translate parent-teacher meetings, help his mother navigate enrollment paperwork and advocate alongside her for his younger brother\u2019s special education support \u2014\u00a0 which included securing a special education classroom assistant. For Suarez and his family, the challenges reflected a broader challenge of how first-generation students often face additional systematic barriers when accessing school resources and gave him a firsthand look at how CPS budget cuts impact students and their...","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":35015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,308],"tags":[1046],"coauthors":[499,1026,1001],"class_list":["post-35005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-top-stories","tag-schoolboardwhatsnext"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chicago Board of Elections is still counting ballots, and four races appear too close to call: districts 3b, 5b, 6a, and 7a. But preliminary results indicate pro-school-choice groups will pick up enough seats \u2014 including school board president \u2014 to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold the Chicago Teachers Union has had the past two years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next? &#8211; Education &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next? &#8211; Education &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BorderlessMagazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"April Alonso\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Max Herman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label3\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data3\" content=\"April Alonso\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Max Herman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b06b0e9c6593c9de182c82a0eab9e4e\"},\"headline\":\"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3774,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"SchoolBoardWhatsNext\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Education\",\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Chicago Board of Elections is still counting ballots, and four races appear too close to call: districts 3b, 5b, 6a, and 7a. But preliminary results indicate pro-school-choice groups will pick up enough seats \u2014 including school board president \u2014 to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold the Chicago Teachers Union has had the past two years.\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/09\\\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"People walk into a Chicago school that doubled as a polling place on Election Day. Chicago voters picked a fully elected school board for the first time in the city's history.\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Borderless Magazine NFP\",\"description\":\"Stories about immigration and immigrants\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Borderless\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Borderless Magazine NFP\",\"alternateName\":\"Borderless Mag\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/BorderlessLogo_main_square.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/BorderlessLogo_main_square.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Borderless Magazine NFP\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/BorderlessMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/borderless_mag\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@borderless_mag\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b06b0e9c6593c9de182c82a0eab9e4e\",\"name\":\"Max Herman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g694fef07c61742bd4b260741b2f07524\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Max Herman\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borderlessmag.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/max-herman\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?","description":"The Chicago Board of Elections is still counting ballots, and four races appear too close to call: districts 3b, 5b, 6a, and 7a. But preliminary results indicate pro-school-choice groups will pick up enough seats \u2014 including school board president \u2014 to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold the Chicago Teachers Union has had the past two years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next? &#8211; Education &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP","og_description":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next? &#8211; Education &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP","og_url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/","og_site_name":"Borderless Magazine NFP","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BorderlessMagazine","article_published_time":"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"April Alonso","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Max Herman","Tiempo de lectura":"10 minutos","Written by":"April Alonso"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/"},"author":{"name":"Max Herman","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b06b0e9c6593c9de182c82a0eab9e4e"},"headline":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?","datePublished":"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/"},"wordCount":3774,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg","keywords":["SchoolBoardWhatsNext"],"articleSection":["Education","Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"es","copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/","url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/","name":"Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What\u2019s next?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg","datePublished":"2026-11-09T23:00:18+00:00","description":"The Chicago Board of Elections is still counting ballots, and four races appear too close to call: districts 3b, 5b, 6a, and 7a. But preliminary results indicate pro-school-choice groups will pick up enough seats \u2014 including school board president \u2014 to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold the Chicago Teachers Union has had the past two years.","inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/11\/09\/chicago-voted-for-its-first-fully-elected-school-board-whats-next\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VB_11032026_ElectionDay_LaurenMcDermott_20.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"caption":"People walk into a Chicago school that doubled as a polling place on Election Day. Chicago voters picked a fully elected school board for the first time in the city's history."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/","name":"Revista Borderless NFP","description":"Historias sobre inmigraci\u00f3n e inmigrantes","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Borderless","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#organization","name":"Revista Borderless NFP","alternateName":"Borderless Mag","url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BorderlessLogo_main_square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BorderlessLogo_main_square.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Borderless Magazine NFP"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BorderlessMagazine","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/borderless_mag\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@borderless_mag"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b06b0e9c6593c9de182c82a0eab9e4e","name":"Max Herman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g694fef07c61742bd4b260741b2f07524","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e8e57236ed67b3fb29c65f7a455c224356cc054b322c92ba7bce6669bf36186?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Max Herman"},"url":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/max-herman\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"People walk into a Chicago school that doubled as a polling place on Election Day. Chicago voters picked a fully elected school board for the first time in the city's history.","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35005"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35016,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35005\/revisions\/35016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35005"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=35005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}