A new Chicago school board takes shape, with big decisions ahead

CHICAGO — Chicago’s first fully elected school board will take office without a decisive majority for either side, and it faces immediate decisions on some of the most contentious issues for the nation’s third-largest school district — including potential midyear cuts. Voters on Tuesday elected 21 members to serve on the governing body of Chicago Public Schools, including Jessica Biggs, who won the race for board president. The district was previously run under mayoral control for decades. Biggs defeated two opponents, attorney Victor Henderson and former Chicago Teachers Union deputy political director Hilario Dominguez. A fourth candidate, Sendhil Revuluri, suspended his campaign in September but still appeared on the ballot. kAm%96 6=64E:@? A:EE65 E96 r%& 282:?DE D6G6C2= AC@\D49@@=\49@:46 8C@FAD D66<:?8 E@ 4@F?E6C E96 F?:@?’D :?7=F6?46]k^Am kAm%96 AC@8C6DD:G6 r%&’D A@H6C @? 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