Chicago voted for its first fully elected school board. What’s next?
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters If all leads hold from Tuesday night’s election, Chicago’s 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’ biggest problems. 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 — including school board president — to clinch a thin majority on the board, reducing the stronghold…
