Candidate Forum – Northside College Preparatory High School

Chicago Public Schools Local School Councils
Education
Elections

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
6:00 p.m. CDT

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This assignment is in collaboration with education reporter, Yana Kunichoff from Chalkbeat Chicago, to cover Local School Council (LSC) virtual candidate forums. If assigned, your role as a Documenter will be to either A) take notes or B) live-tweet. In addition to the typical information covered in note-taking and live-tweeting, we are asking assigned Documenters to focus on major themes or issues that are raised about the school community.

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Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Lydia Bhattacharya

Live reporting by Ebony Ellis

Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26
Hi there! I'll be covering this evening's Local School Council's Candidate Forum for Northside College Preparatory High School.
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06:01 PM Oct 20, 2020 CDT

Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 2/9
The purpose of this meeting is to learn more about the candidates for the upcoming Local School Council (LSC) election for Northside College Prep.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 3/9
The candidates are taking time out to introduce themselves and talk about their background with the high school and their hopes for joining the LSC.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 4/9
Candidates are provided with two minutes to speak. Among candidates are Erika Schechter, Bradley Hack, Sandra Morales-Mirque, John Lynch, Shari Massey, and Lisa Barrow.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 5/9
I forgot to mention that these are the parent candidates for the LSC.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 6/9
There were 21 participants on this call.
"This has been one of the largest turnouts that we've ever had for an LSC meeting," according to Kelly Mest, Principal for Northside College Prep.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 7/9
The actual LSC meeting will begin at 6:30pm in another zoom call.
Ebony Ellis @Eb_Writes26 8/9
Chalkbeat Chicago, in partnership with City Bureau's Documenters program, is covering this year's Local School Council elections. If you're interested in speaking with a reporter further about your school's election, either on or off the record... (continued)
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Chicago Public Schools Local School Councils

Chicago Public Schools have Local School Councils (LSC) which are responsible for three main duties: Approving how school funds and resources are allocated, developing and monitoring the annual School Improvement Plan and evaluating and selecting the school’s principal. Traditional Local School Councils consist of the following members: 6 parents, 2 community members, 2 teachers, 1 non-teacher staff, the school’s principal and a student representative (high school LSCs only). NOTE: The meetings held by this agency are published on a static webpage. We recommend contacting the Office of Local School Council Relations to confirm meeting dates and times.*

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