CPS Announcements - LSC Elections, Washington Bio CPS Encourages Chicagoans to Run for Their Local School Council
Deadline for LSC Applications Approaching, Elections Set for April 16 and 17
WHO: Arne Duncan, CEO, Chicago Public Schools Ald. Toni Foulkes, 15th Ward Erick Pruitt, principal, O’Toole Elementary School Donna Mosley, LSC Chair, O’Toole Elementary School Richard Jones, President and CEO, Metropolitan Family Services Pastor Roosevelt Watkins, Pastors United For Change
WHAT: Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan urges Chicagoans to sign up to be Local School Council candidates in the upcoming elections in April.
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 21 3 p.m. WHERE: O’Toole Elementary School 6550 S. Seeley Ave. Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan encourages the public to become a part of their Local School Council and submit candidate applications in March for the upcoming LSC elections, which will be held at CPS high schools on Wednesday, April 16, and at CPS elementary schools on Thursday, April 17. The LSC inauguration is June 26. The district also will unveil the locations of 35 new Community Schools, or existing Chicago public school buildings that will become community centers in the hours before and after school.
New Harold Washington Bio Donated to All CPS Schools
Comcast Donates Book For Black History Month
WHO: Rufus Williams, president, Chicago Board of Education Paul Whitsitt, director of libraries, Chicago Public Schools Ald. Pat Dowell, Third Ward Mark Allen, area vice president, Comcast Salim Muwakkil, author of “Harold!” Antonio Dickey, “Harold!” photographer Marc PoKempner, “Harold!” photographer Ron Dorfman, “Harold!” editor Timuel Black, historian
WHAT: New Harold Washington biography debuts at all CPS schools WHEN: Thurs., Feb. 21 1 p.m.
WHERE: DuSable high school campus library 4934 S. Wabash Board President Rufus Williams will accept a donation of 679 copies of the new Harold Washington biography from Comcast. The book is titled “Harold! Photographs From the Harold Washington Years,” (Northwestern University Press). The donation is part of the CPS celebrations of Black History Month, and coincides with the Harold Washington Commemorative Year, marking the 25th anniversary of Washington’s first mayoral election win, April 1983, and the 20th anniversary of his death, November 1987.
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