Chicago Local School Councils: An Evolving History

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the historic elections in Chicago where residents chose who would sit on the city’s first local school councils. Today, the councils are so intimately woven into the fabric of Chicago's public schools that, for some residents, it is hard to envision the system without them. This timeline follows the development of those councils and how they’ve evolved.

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