Chicago School Board candidate, rapper Che “Rhymefest” Smith, looks over signature petitions for his candidacy during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first-ever school board elections and the slate of potential candidates include progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper.
“It takes almost a flow chart to figure it out,” said Adam Parrott-Sheffer, a former principal touting his experience to run in the same South Side district as Smith.Parent Kate Doyle, who founded a nonprofit, hopes to represent a North Side district. After knocking on hundreds of doors, she found one person, a teacher, who fully understood what’s coming.
“If this program can shorten that learning curve a little bit, that could have a really positive tremendous impact on the students in the city,” said Bridget Lee, who oversees the program.The jobs, which district officials estimate require up to 30 hours of time weekly, are unpaid, limiting who can afford to run. At least 1,000 signatures are required to get on the ballot, more than double the number for aldermanic and some congressional candidates with paid political operations.
That adds weight to endorsements, including from the influential teachers’ union. Competition to get them is fierce.
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